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COM-301: Computer security and privacy

Summary

This is an introductory course to computer security and privacy. Its goal is to provide students with means to reason about security and privacy problems, and provide them with tools to confront them.

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Instructors (2)

Theresa Stadler

Thomas Emile Bourgeat

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/computer-security-and-privacy-COM-301

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/COM-301

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Summary

Lectures

Instructors (2)

Theresa Stadler

Thomas Emile Bourgeat

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/computer-security-and-privacy-COM-301

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/COM-301

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Ontological neighbourhood

Computer engineering

Computer security: Information security, Access control, Privacy

Theoretical computer science

Programming language theory: High-level programming languages

Lectures in this course (60)

Computer Security: Basics and Vocabulary

Introduces computer security basics, properties, policy, threat modeling, and key vocabulary for adversarial thinking.

Basics - Security Engineering Concepts

Covers security mechanisms, defense in depth, and methods to show systems are secure.

Mandatory Access Control: Confidentiality Models

Explores the Bell La Padula model, covert channels, declassification challenges, and security properties in confidentiality models.

Mandatory Access Control - Integrity Models

Explores the Biba model for integrity, security level change, and the process of Sanitization, along with supporting principles.

Mandatory Access Control: Multi-property Security Models

Explores the Chinese Wall model for combining confidentiality and integrity, addressing conflicts of interest and multilateral security.

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