Lecture IT Security (MI0032)

Course No. 1180

FS 2025

Rolf Oppliger

Course Information

Hint: The information provided here complements the official course catalogue (Vorlesungsverzeichnis). Note that the lecture is not on OLAT.

Location: Seminar room BIN-2.A.01

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

Registration: All participants must officially register for the lecture, and will be added to the team MI0032: IT Security (FS 2025) in MS Teams.

Exam: The exam will take place on June 23, 2025, between 8 and 10 am. The location and modes of operation will be announced later.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Threats and attacks
  3. Countermeasures
  4. Security management
  5. Conclusions and outlook

Study Material

Instead of execises, students are required to self-study cryprography based on a text that is available here and in MS Teams. The text refers to draft chapters 1 and 2 of the book Cryptography 101: From Theory to Practice (Artech House, 2021, ISBN 978-1-63081-846-3). Questions are highly appreciated and can be asked at any time during the lecture.

A prelinary slide deck for the lecture is available here (still subject to change).


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