Course Information

Urgent Announcements: Classroom teaching is suspended from March 16, 2020, onwards, and - as a replacement - distance teaching is put in place. This means the following things:

• The on-site lectures won't take place any more.
• Instead, an audio track has been added to the PowerPoint presentation, and respective MP4 video files (that include the slides and the audio track) are available on the lecture's website and Microsoft Teams (MINF4221: IT Security) .
• The final exam will take place June 15, 2020, between 10 am and 11 am. The exam instructions are available here. A mock exam will take place on May 18, 2020. Participation in the test run is obligatory.
• In case you feel unable to pass the exam under these extraordinary circumstances, you are offered an additional possibility to withdraw from the lecture. You may contact the Dean's office to get more (and more accurate) information about this possibility.
• If have any questions, then you can contact me either with e-mail or phone (see above) whenever it is convenient to you.

Hint : The information provided here complements the official course catalogue (Vorlesungsverzeichnis).

Dates : The lecture is scheduled to take place fortnightly (with a few adjustments) on the following Mondays between 8:15 am and 12:00 am:

• February 17, 2020
• March 2, 2020
• March 16, 2020
• March 30, 2020
• April 20, 2020 (Q&A session in Teams)
• May 4, 2020
• May 18, 2020 (mock exam and Q&A session in Teams)

Registration: Registration is possible from January 14 until March 13, 2020.

Mailing list: Attendees may register for the mailing list by sending a message to rolf.oppliger@esecurity.ch.

Final exam: The final exam will take place in Teams on June 15, 2020, between 10 am and 11 am.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Computer security
3. Communication security
4. Operational environments and applications
5. Privacy and data protection
6. Conclusions and outlook