Name | Prof. Dr. Kenneth Paterson |
Field | Computer Science |
Address | Institut f. Informationssicherheit ETH Zürich, CAB E 79 Universitätstrasse 6 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
Telephone | +41 44 632 32 52 |
kenny.paterson@inf.ethz.ch | |
Department | Computer Science |
Relationship | Full Professor |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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252-4601-00L | Current Topics in Information Security Number of participants limited to 24. The deadline for deregistering expires at the end of the second week of the semester. Students who are still registered after that date, but do not attend the seminar, will officially fail the seminar. | 2 credits | 2S | S. Capkun, K. Paterson, A. Perrig | |
Abstract | The seminar covers various topics in information security: security protocols (models, specification & verification), trust management, access control, non-interference, side-channel attacks, identity-based cryptography, host-based attack detection, anomaly detection in backbone networks, key-management for sensor networks. | ||||
Learning objective | The main goals of the seminar are the independent study of scientific literature and assessment of its contributions as well as learning and practicing presentation techniques. | ||||
Content | The seminar covers various topics in information security, including network security, cryptography and security protocols. The participants are expected to read a scientific paper and present it in a 35-40 min talk. At the beginning of the semester a short introduction to presentation techniques will be given. Selected Topics - security protocols: models, specification & verification - trust management, access control and non-interference - side-channel attacks - identity-based cryptography - host-based attack detection - anomaly detection in backbone networks - key-management for sensor networks | ||||
Literature | The reading list will be published on the course web site. | ||||
268-0201-00L | Information Security Seminar and Project Only for CAS and DAS in Cyber Security. | 2 credits | 2S | P. Schaller, D. Basin, S. Capkun, U. Maurer, K. Paterson, A. Perrig | |
Abstract | Participants of the seminar are assigned a recent topic in cyber security. They are expected to become acquainted with the assigned issue and to prepare a corresponding presentation in the context of the seminar. | ||||
Learning objective | Participants have understood and presented a publication or report on a present topic in information security. By attending other participants presentations students get further introduced to additional current information security related topics/incidents. | ||||
Content | Participants of the seminar are assigned a recent topic in cyber security. They are expected to become acquainted with the assigned issue and to prepare a corresponding presentation in the context of the seminar. |