Welcome to Computer Security 2024 September

  • Computer Security: Principles and Practice, 4th edition
    • Published by Pearson (July 14th 2021) - Copyright © 2018
    • William Stallings Lawrie Brown
    • please check with your university library for the link for the e-book

General FAQ

Q A
I missed my class / missed marking my attendance/ attended online / attended another tutorial class Come and meet me after class or in between classes, onsite (not online) to mark your attendance with valid reasons
Where can I get the course notes & slides → Only certain slides are available to share, other slides are subject to copyright by publisher, all notes are available in the book, all exams will be based from the contents of the book
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Lecture Topics

1st Half

Week Date Topic Chapter/Page
1 26 Sep Introduction to the course -
2 3 Oct History,
Attack& Attackers,
3 10 Oct Security management, Risk Analysis Chapter 1&14
4 17 Oct User Authentication Chapter 3
5 24 Oct Access Control Chapter 4
Assignment 1
28Oct-1 Nov Break

2nd Half

Week Date Topic Chapter/Page
2-1 7 Nov Malicious Software Chapter 6
2-2 14 Nov Security Audit Chapter 18
2-3 21 Nov DB/DC Chap5
2-4 28 Nov Software security Chap11
2-5 5 Dec Internet Security Chap22
2-6 12 Dec Summary/Case Study All Related
19 Dec Assignment 2

Links used in lectures



Tutorial