Monday

Tuesday/Wednesday

Thursday/Friday

Jan 7

Jan 8,9

Monday Schedule on 8th

Introduction

Cyber Security and Information Assurance

Jan 10,11

Computer Architecture

Read: Link
HW: PS 1
SX 1: System Assembly

Jan 14

Operating Systems

Read: Link
HW: PS 2

Jan 15,16

Digital Data 1

Read: H (1-4)
         Link (EE)
HW: PS 3
SX 2: Operating System Basics

Jan 17,18

Digital Data 2

Read: H (5-11)
         Link (CS)
HW: PS 4
SX 3: Lock-Picking

Jan 21

M.L. King Jr Day

No Classes

Jan 22,23

Programs: Assembly

Read: H (19-36)
HW: PS 5
SX 4: Creating Programs

Jan 24,25

Programs: Data Management 1

Read: H (37-43)
Suggested: H (11-18)
HW: PS 6

Jan 28

Programs: Data Management 2

Read: H (43-47)
HW: PS 7

Jan 29,30

Programs: Data Management 3

Read: H (48-54)
HW: PS 8
SX 5: Password Cracking

Jan 31, Feb 1

Programs: Memory Management 1

Read: H (62-75)
HW: PS 9

Feb 4

Programs: Memory Management 2

Read: H (75-79,81-84)
HW: PS 10

Feb 5,6

Programs: Privilege Management

Read: H (87-96)
SX 6: Note Taker Program

Feb 7,8

Buffer Overflow: Recognition

Read: H (118-133)
HW: PS 11

Feb 11

Buffer Overflow: Exploitation/Prevention

Read: H (90-96,120-121)
SX 7: Note Taker Exploit

Feb 12,13

Exam I: Practical

Feb 14

Exam I: Written
X-Period

 

Feb 18

Holiday

Washington's Birthday

No class

Feb 19,20

Feb 21,22

Local Networking

Read: P (447-474)
HW: PS 13
SX 8: NICs

Feb 25

Inter-Networking

Read: P (574-583)
HW: PS 14

Feb 26,27

Data Transport

Read: P (583-587)
HW: PS 15
SX 9: Network Configuration

Feb 28, Mar 1

IP Routing & Subnets

Read: P (587-593)
HW: PS 16
SX 10: Routing & TCP

Mar 4

Sockets

Read: H (195-203)
HW: PS 17

Mar 5,6

Client-Server Model

Read: H(203-217)
SX 11: Network Servers

Mar 7,8

Network Surveillance

Read: H(217-226)
SX 12: Wireshark Intro

Mar 11

Holiday

Spring Break

Mar 12,13

Holiday

Spring Break

Mar 14,15

Holiday

Spring Break

Mar 18

Information Assurance Introduction

Read: Link
          P (596-597)
          H (393-396)
HW: PS 18

Mar 19,20

Symmetric Encryption

Read: P (598)
          H (398-400)
HW: PS 19
SX 13: GNU Privacy Guard (gpg)

Mar 21,22

Asymmetric Encryption

Read: Link
          P (599)
          H (400-405)
HW: PS 20
SX 14: Asymmetric Encryption & Key Generation

Mar 25

Authentication & Hashing

Read: Link
         P (599)
HW: PS 21

Mar 26,27

Hybrid Ciphers
(PKI & SSL)

Read: P (600)
          H (406-410)
SX 15: Man In The Middle Attack

Mar 28,29

Network Security Review

Read: P (601)
Activity: Network Exploitation

Apr 1

Trasmission Media and RF Spectrum

Read: P (8-22,93-98)
HW: PS 22

Apr 2,3

Signals, Gain and dB

Read: P (30-40)
HW: PS 23

Apr 4,5

Exam II (X-Period 4 Apr)

Lab Only in class
SX 16: dB Observations

Apr 8

Bandwidth and Multiplexing

Read: P (357-376)
HW: PS 24

Apr 9,10

Digital Modulation and Info Theory

Read: P (394-414)
HW: PS 25
SX 17: Digital Data Over FM

Apr 11,12

Antennas

Read: P (522-549)
HW: PS 26
SX 18: Directional Antenna

Apr 15

Spread Spectrum

Read: P (414-420)
HW: PS 27

Apr 16,17

Jamming and Eavesdropping

Read: P (321-331)
SX 19: Signal Jamming

Apr 18,19

Error Detection and Correction

Read: P (430-436)
HW: PS 28
SX 20: Hamming Code

Apr 22

NSA Best Practices

Read: Link

Apr 23,24

Wi-Fi and Encryption (WEP/WPA)

Read: P (825-829)
HW: PS 29
SX 21: Wifi Crack

Apr 25,26

Wi-Fi Security Demos
Exam Review

Read: WPS Flaw
         Sidejacking
         Proxy Servers

Apr 29

Final Exam Part 1:

Written

Apr 30

Guest Speaker

May 3

Final Exam Part 2:
Capture The Flag
1330