ISA 562 Information Security Theory and Practice

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Instructor:	Dr. Avinash Srinivasan
Office:	Engineering Building Room 5337
Phone:	703-993-1773
E-mail:	asriniv5 AT gmu dot edu
Office Hours:	MR 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m, W 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. or by appointment

COURSE INFORMATION

Room:	West 1001
Day:	Wednesday
Time:	4:30 PM - 7:10 PM
Credits:	3 Credits
Course Homepage:	http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~asriniv5/ISA562.html

TA INFORMATION

Name:	Changwei (Coco) Liu
Office:	TBA
Phone:	TBA
E-mail:	cliu6@gmu.edu (preferred)
Office Hours:	TBA

OVERVIEW

This course is a broad introduction to the theory and practice of Information Security. It serves as the first security course for the MS-ISA degree and is required as a pre-requisite for all subsequent ISA courses (at the 600 and 700 levels). It also serves as an entry level course available to non-ISA students, including MS-CS, MS-ISE and MS-SWE students.

PREREQUISITES

INFS 501 or equivalent
INFS 515 or equivalent
INFS 590 or equivalent
SWE 510 or equivalent

TEXTBOOKS

• Computer Security: Art and Science by Matt Bishop. Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (December 2, 2002) ISBN: 0201440997.
• Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK

GRADING POLICY

You will be graded on a total of 1000 points. Your grade will be calcuated as follows:

• 400 points Assignments

• 300 points Midterm exams (2 @ 150 points each)

• 300 points Final exam

Final letter grade will be calculated using the scale below-

≥ 950	A+	≥ 900	A	≥ 850	A-
≥ 800	B+	≥ 750	B	≥ 700	B-
≥ 660	C+	≥ 630	C	≥ 600	C-
≥ 560	D+	≥ 530	D	≥ 500	D-
< 500	F

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week	Topic(s)	Textbook Chapter(s)	Lecture Notes	Extra Material
Week-1: Jan. 23	Introduction	Bishop Chapter 1	ISA562-Lecture1

NOTES

The Midterms and Final are closed book.

All assignments must be done individually by each student, unless explicitly required otherwise.

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

If you have a documented learning disability or other condition that may affect academic performance you should:

• Make sure this documentation is on file with the Office of Disability Services (SUB I, Rm. 222; 993-2474; www.gmu.edu/student/drc) to determine the accommodations you need.
• Talk with me to discuss your accommodation needs.

Acknowledgements: This course uses material from an earier version of the course designed by Prof. Duminda Wijesekera.

GMU Academic Calendar

Final Exam Schedule

Honor Code

Disability Resource Center