Latest News
- 14.11.2016: Due to the “IT-Gipfel”, tutorials on Wed, 16 Nov, will be held in Room 008 in the MMCI building (E1 7) .
- 11.11.2016: Exercise groups will start on 16 Nov (wednesday).
- 07.11.2016: The tutors’ office hour will be held in building E1 3, CIP-R 012. The first office hour will be held on 8 Nov.
- 04.11.2016: l:admin registration is now open, please register by 7 Nov, 23:59. Assignment to tutorial groups will be published Thursday, 10 Nov, morning.
- 03.11.2016: Added information on exams
- 02.11.2016: Added time for tutor’s office hours, location TBA
- 14.10.2016: Added tutorial information
- 04.10.2016: Note: lectures start on Friday, 04.11.2016
- 04.10.2016: The website is online
Description
Students learn the basics of cryptography, system security, web security, privacy-preserving mechanisms and formal methods in security. They learn to define security goals and are familiarized with the most common attack scenarios.
Topics
- Basics of system security
- Basics of web security
- Basics of cryptography
- Basics of privacy and formal methods in security
Mailing List
There is a mailing list that you can use for general discussions and to ask questions. The mailing list’s address is:
cysec16(aeht)mail-infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de
You will get subscribed to the mailing list upon registering for the lecture.
Tutorials
| ID | Day | Time | Room | TA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mo | 10-12 | SR 016 (E1 3) | Birk Blechschmidt |
| 2 | Wed | 08-10 | SR 015 (E1 3) | Marius Bleif |
| 3 | Wed | 14-16 | SR 015 (E1 3) | Sven Tangermann |
| 4 | Thu | 08-10 | SR 015 (E1 3) | Sebastian Walla |
| 5 | Thu | 14-16 | SR 015 (E1 3) | Sebastian Roth |
| 6 | Mo | 10-12 | SR 015 (E1 3) | Alexander Dax |
| 7 | Thu | 14-16 | SR U12 (E1 1) | Alexander Dax |
Assignments and Grading
There will be both theoretical exercise sheets and practical projects. For passing the course, the following minimal amount of points is needed:
- 50% of the points from the theoretical exercise sheets; and
- 50% of the points from the practical projects; and
- 50% of the points from the final exam.
To be admitted to the exam, you need at least 50% of the points from the theoretical exercise sheets and 50% of the points from the practical projects.
The final exam will take place on
23 February 2017
,
9:00-12:00
, in the
Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal
, building E2 2 and lecture hall 002, building E1 3. The backup exam will take place
05 April 2017
,
9:00-12:00
, in the
Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal
, building E2 2 and lecture hall 002, building E1 3.
Your final grade (in percent) G is calculated by
- G = 0.2P + 0.2T + 0.6 max{F,B}
where P is the final percentage from your practical projects, T is the final percentage from your theoretical exercises, F is the final percentage from your final exam and B is the final percentage from your backup exam.