w Lecture 1: March 29, 2021

Lecture 1: March 29, 2021

Reading: text, §1
Due: Homework 1, due April 7, 2021


  1. Greetings and felicitations!
    1. About the class
    2. No discussion sections this week

  2. Basic components of computer security
    1. Confidentiality
    2. Integrity
    3. Availability

  3. Classes of threats
    1. Disclosure
    2. Deception
    3. Disruption
    4. Usurpation

  4. Policy vs. mechanism
    1. Policy
    2. Mechanism

  5. Goals of security
    1. Prevention
    2. Detection
    3. Recovery

  6. Trust and Assumptions

  7. Types of mechanisms: secure, precise, broad

  8. Assurance
    1. Specification
    2. Design
    3. Implementation
    4. Maintenance and operation

  9. Human issues
    1. Organizational problems
    2. People problems

  10. Human issues
    1. Organizational problems
    2. People problems


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ECS 153, Computer Security
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