0A808(01716960): Introduction to Cyber Security (Fall 2018)


Time: Wednesday 14:00 to 17:00

Location: 3204 , Teaching Builing, DaXing

Class web site: https://huipingsun.github.io/ics2018

Instructor: Huiping Sun (sunhp(at)ss.pku.edu.cn)

TA: Xinyu Feng

Course Description

This course will provide an overview of relevant topics in the Cyber Security. I will be responsible for three lectures including Information Security Economics, Blockchain I and II.

Course Reference Books

Course Schedule

Date

Topics

Readings

October 17

01. Information Security Economics [Slides]

  • Ross Anderson. Security Engineering (Second Edition). Chapter 2: Usability and Psychology.
  • Ross Anderson. Security Engineering (Second Edition). Chapter 7: Economics.
  • Edith law and Luis von Ahn. Human Computation. Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 2011.
  • Joseph Bonneau et al. Passwords and The Evolution of Imperfect Authentication. Communications of ACM. 2015. [Homework]

November 14

02. Blockchain Overview [Slides]

November 21

03. Blockchain Technology [Slides]

  • Textbook. Charpter 1: Introduction to Cryptography & Cryptocurrencies.
  • Textbook. Charpter 2: How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization.
  • Textbook. Charpter 3: Mechanics of Bitcoin.
  • Textbook. Charpter 5: Bitcoin Mining.
  • Ittay Eyal and Emin GunSier. Majority Is Not Enough: BitcoinMining Is Vulnerable. Communications of The ACM. 2018. [Homework]

Course Grading

The grading scheme is as follows: