Lecture MINF4221: IT Security

Course No. 1722

FS 2022

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

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

Location: BIN-2.A.01, Binzmühlestrasse 14, Zürich Nord

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

February 21, 2022
March 7, 2022
March 21, 2022
April 4, 2022
April 25, 2022
May 9, 2022
May 23, 2022

Registration: All participants must officially register for the lecture. Optionally, there is a mailing list and a team in MS Teams. Registration is on a per request basis (just drop me a mail). Note that the lecture is not on OLAT.

Exam: The exam will take place on June 13, 2022, from 9 to 10 am in room BIN-1.B.01 (in the same building as the lectures). The exam comprises 50 multiple-choice questions. It is open book, meaning that all printed or handwritten paper documents are allowed, whereas electronic devices are not allowed. You should be ready a few minutes before 9 am. We will start on time!

The exam instructions and 5 exemplary questions from last year's mock exam are available in MS Teams.

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.

The recordings from last year's lecture that was held online are available in MS Teams under the Files tab. Note that the content of this year's lecture partly deviates from last year. So the content is not the same and must be taken with a grain of salt. You may keep this in mind when you watch the recordings.

Also, some complementary materials are available for download in Teams (Files > Class Materials > Complementary Materials) or announced in the General channel. The study of these materials is optional and not required for the exam.