Lecture MINF4221: IT Security

Course No. 3089

FS 2021

Prof. Dr. Rolf Oppliger

eSECURITY Technologies Rolf Oppliger
Breichtenstrasse 18
CH-3074 Muri b. Bern, Switzerland
Phone +41 79 654 84 37
rolf.oppliger@esecurity.ch

Course Information

Announcements:

The lecture will take place online-only using Microsoft Teams (Link).

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 22, 2021
March 8, 2021
March 22, 2021
March 29, 2021
April 26, 2021
May 10, 2021
May 17, 2021 (mandatory mock exam and Q&A session)
May 31, 2021 (reserve)

Registration: As usual, all participants must register for the lecture.

Exam: The exam will take place on June 21, 2021, between 10 am and 11 am. It will be held online using Teams. The instructions are already available in Teams and will be explained in the lecture. Also, a mandatory mock exam will take place on May 17, 2021, starting at 08:15 am.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Computer security

Communication security

Operational environments and applications

Privacy and data protection

Conclusions and outlook

Study Material

Instead of execises, students are required to self-study cryprography based on a text that is available here. The text refers to draft chapters 1 and 2 of a book entitled "Cryptography 101: From Theory to Practice" that will be published in 2021. Questions are highly appreciated and can be asked at any time during the lecture.

The lecture slides are available here.