Lecture Schedule

Lectures are shared between COSC312 and COSC412.

• Lecture 1: Introduction; security models; access control models; access control programming
• Lecture 2: Fundamentals of classical cryptosystems and one-time pads
• Lecture 3: Stream ciphers, key agreement and asymmetric cryptography
• Lecture 4: Quantum computation
• Lecture 5: Kerberos and Microsoft Active Directory
• Lecture 6: Block ciphers, HTTPS, TLS/SSL and certificates
• Lecture 7: Decentralised authorisation and OAuth 2.0
• Mid-semester break
• Lecture 8: Reliability, distributed consensus and bitcoin
• Lecture 9: Blockchain and Web3 / cryptocurrencies
• Lecture 10: Homomorphic Encryption
• Lecture 11: Programming language security
• Lecture 12: Hardware support for software security & emerging technology
• Lecture 13: Poster presentations and exam advice