Data and Applications Security (CS 6348) 
 
     Time and Location :  F 10am-12:45pm@ECSN 2.126
     
Instructor                            :   Murat Kantarcioglu
Office Hours & Location :   Friday 9am-10am, Friday:4pm-5pm@ECSS 3.225
 
       Teaching Assistant             :   Dakshit, Sagnik <sxd170023@utdallas.edu>
Office Hours & Location : TBD.

Prerequisites                  :   CS 5343
                        

Grading:

       

  •   Homework   %16 (4 homework, each worth 4%)
  •   Project         %24 (Group project (up to 3 people) that requires programming)
  •   Midterm       %25
  •   Final            %35 (All topics covered included)

 

   Course Topics: (tentative)
The course will teach principles, technologies, tools and trends for data
and applications security. Please see below for details.

         
           Textbook:    
      

       None.

 Course Outline:

01.19.19

  • Access control basics
  • Reading:  Fred B. Schneider’s book chapter  (pdf)

01.26.19

  • Access Control Foundations
  • Reading: Fred B. Schneider’s book chapter (pdf)
  • Reading:  HRU paper (pdf)

02.01.19

  • Access control models

02.08.19

  •  Integrity/Hybrid Models

02.15.19

  • Basic Cryptography Overview
  • Authentication
  • Reading:  Fred B. Schneider’s book chapter (pdf)
  • Homework 1 is available on elearning.
  • Project Description is available on elearning

02.22.19

  • Database Security
  • Encrypted Data storage in Databases
  • Reading:  Please read the following overview paper (pdf)
  • Reading:  Intel Sgx Overview (link)  
  • Reading:  Please read the following tutorial from Microsoft Research (pdf

03.01.19

  • Database Security Cont

03.08.19

  • SQL and Code injection attacks
  • Reading: Please see the tutorial from Oracle.
  • Homework 2 is available on elearning.

03.15.19

  • Midterm !!!

03.22.19

  • Spring Break !!!

03.29.19

  • Access control in distributed systems
  • Reading:  Please read the following overview paper

04.05.19

  • Introduction to Data Privacy
  • Reading: K-annonymity (pdf), l-diversity (pdf), differential-privacy (pdf),
  • privacy-preserving distributed data mining (pdf)
  • Homework 3 is available on elearning.

04.12.19

  • The class is CANCELED !!!

04.19.19

  • Introduction to Data Privacy cont.

04.26.19

05.03.19

  • Introduction to Data Privacy cont.
05.04.19
  • Extra Class for Canceled Class.
  • Location and Time: TBD
  • Introduction to Data Privacy cont.

05.10.19

Final  Exam

  • 5/10/2019, Friday, 11:00AM - 1:45PM @ECSN 2.126