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Security and Privacy Technologies

CS 6431. Security and Privacy Technologies. Vitaly Shmatikov. http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/courses/cs6431/. Course Logistics. Lectures: Wednesday, 7:30-9:25pm Alternating between New York and Ithaca Instructor: Vitaly Shmatikov Email: shmatikov@cornell.edu

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Security and Privacy Technologies

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  1. CS 6431 Security and Privacy Technologies Vitaly Shmatikov http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/courses/cs6431/

  2. Course Logistics • Lectures: Wednesday, 7:30-9:25pm • Alternating between New York and Ithaca • Instructor: Vitaly Shmatikov • Email: shmatikov@cornell.edu • Office hours by appointment • No textbook; we will read a fair number of research papers • Watch the course website for lecture notes, assignments, and reference materials

  3. Grading • Homeworks: 40% (4 homeworks, 10% each) • Homework problems will be based on research papers • Project: 60% • Computer security is a contact sport – the best way to understand it is to get your hands dirty • Projects can be done individually or in small teams • Project proposal due October 1 • You can find a list of potential project ideas on the course website, but don’t hesitate to propose your own

  4. Prerequisites • PhD students only • Except by permission of instructor (rarely granted) • Basic understanding of operating systems and memory management • At the level of an undergraduate OS course • Some familiarity with cryptography • Cryptographic hash functions, public-key and symmetric cryptosystems • Ask if you are not sure whether you are qualified to take this course

  5. What This Course is Not About • Not a comprehensive or “fundamentals” course on computer security • Not a course on cryptography • We will cover some crypto when talking about secure network protocols and privacy • Not a seminar course • We will read and understand state-of-the-art research papers, but you’ll also have to do some actual work  • Focus on several specific research areas • You have a lot of leeway in picking your project

  6. Syllabus  Anonymity networks  Application security: Web, mobile, hybrid  Network security: SSL, DNS, BGP; network telescopes  Data privacy, anonymity, online tracking  Memory and code security  Side channels

  7. Start Thinking About a Project • A few ideas are on the course website • Many ways to go about it • Build a tool that improves software security • Analysis, verification, attack detection, attack containment • Apply an existing tool to a real-world system • Demonstrate feasibility of some attack • Do a substantial theoretical study • Invent something of your own • Start forming teams and thinking about potential topics early on!

  8. A Few Project Ideas • Privacy-preserving augmented reality, computer vision, image recognition • Program analysis for finding security bugs in multi-protocol network stacks • Side channels in cloud infrastructure • Security and privacy of genetic data • Censorship resistance and steganography • Security and privacy of consumer devices • Security of mobile APIs • Choose something that interests you!

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