Advanced Security for Systems Engineering - WS2016 (183.645)

We will hold our lecture Advanced Security for Systems Engineering (183.645) for different master studies of information science in WS2016. You can also get some information on the lecture in TISS.

Advanced Security for Systems Engineering is a lecture with exercises which concentrates on advanced IT security aspects as a whole for IT systems. As a prerequisite for the lecture you need to know the content of the lectures Introduction to Security and Security for Systems Engineering. After the lecture Advanced Security for Systems Engineering you can visit our lecture IT Security in Large IT Infrastructures.

This website is updated continuously.

Registration

The registration was in TISS until October 14, 2016.

Lectures/Slides

Only the dates which are presented subsequently are authoritative. Please note that these can change exceptionally.

The lectures are on Fridays, 01:15pm-02:45pm, in HS6.

The planned dates for the lectures/test/inspection of the test are:

• 07.10.2016   Preliminary Discussion
• 14.10.2016   Web Application Security
• 21.10.2016   XML Security
• 28.10.2016   Advanced Attacks on Applications 1
• 04.11.2016   Advanced Attacks on Applications 2
• 11.11.2016   Forensics
• 18.11.2016   Secure Architectures
• 25.11.2016   IT Security in the Field: Passport Security
• 02.12.2016   Security of VoIP
• 09.12.2016   no lecture
• 16.12.2016   Skimming
• 13.01.2017   Mobile Applications
• 20.01.2017, 18:15-19:45, Praktikumshörsaal   Test
• 27.01.2017, Wiedner Haupstraße 76/2/2   Inspection of the Test in Wiedner Hauptstraße 76/2/2
• 22.03.2017, 10:15-12:45, HS17   First Additional Test
• 22.05.2017, 18:15-19:45, HS18   Second Additional Test
• 13.06.2017, 14:15-15:45, HS6   Third Additional Test

Exercises

If you have questions regarding the exercises please have a look at our contact information.

• lab0   (20 points, exercise has to be finished alone, 18.10.2016 - 31.10.2016)
• Building of teams for lab1 and lab2   (04.11.2016 - 10.11.2016)
• lab1   (50 points, team exercise, 18.11.2016 - 16.12.2016)
• examination for lab1   (10.01.2017)
• lab2   (50 points, team exercise, 09.12.2016 - 20.01.2017)
• examination for lab2   (24.01.2017)

Note: Our exercises traditionally start at 11.55pm if not stated otherwise.

Test

The test is a closed book test. Therefore, the use of documents at the test is not allowed. The content of the test will be the lectures and exercises.

There will be 4 possibilities to take the exam.

The registration for the tests is in TISS. The deadlines for the registrations are 1 day before the tests respectively.

Grading

S1  <= 200
U2  < 176
B3  < 151
G4  < 126
N5  < 102

Please note that you can finish the lecture positively only if you are positive in the lecture as well as exercise parts, i.e., you have more than 40 points for the lecture and more than 60 points for the exercises.

Note: Sometimes, your grade is not displayed correctly in tuwel. Therefore, please always compare your grading with our grading table above.

Contact

If you have questions which are also relevant for other students please use the  TUWEL forum. It is also recommended to subscribe to it. For specific questions please write us an e-mail or visit us during our office hours.

Note on forums: We only answer questions in the TUWEL forum which we provide. Other forums are not actively monitored by us.

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