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Lectures & labs (fall 2019)

Table of contents

  • Data protection, privacy and anonymity
  • Public key cryptography and its applications
  • Authentication and attacks
  • Feedback survey



Lectures take place in J. Liivi-2 and Näituse 20. Lab sessions take place in computer classes which are located in J. Liivi 2 (click to see the location of J. Liivi 2 on Google Maps.).

Data protection, privacy and anonymity

  1. Thursday, September 5, 16:00 - 19:15 (J. Liivi 2 - 111)
    • Introduction
    • Data encryption
    • Hidden data
    • Data backups
  2. Friday, September 20, 8:30 - 11:45 (J. Liivi 2 - 404)
    • Privacy and anonymity on the Internet
    • Security of smart devices
  3. Friday, September 20, check which group you have from SIS (J. Liivi 2 - 004, 12:00-13:30 for group 1 and 16:00-17:30 for group 2)
    • Lab: Encryption software

Public key cryptography and its applications

  1. Saturday, September 21, 14:15 - 15:45 (Näituse 20 - 103)
    • Public key cryptography and PKI
  2. Friday, September 27, 8:30 - 11:45 (Näituse 20 - 212)
    • Secure web communication (HTTPS)
    • Smartcards (by the example of Estonian ID-card) and Mobile ID
  3. Thursday, October 10, 8:30 - 10:00 (Näituse 20 - 203)
    • E-voting
  4. Saturday, October 12, 10:15 - 13:30 (Näituse 20 - 203)
    • Payment solutions, blockchain
    • Social engineering
  5. Saturday, October 19, check time from SIS (J. Liivi 2 - 004, 08:30-10:00 for group 1 and 10:15-11:45 for group 2)
    • Lab: Secure e-mail

Authentication and attacks

  1. Friday, October 25, 8:30 - 11:45 (Näituse 20 - 203)
    • Authentication
    • Password management and 2-factor authentication
  2. Friday, November 15, 8:30 - 11:45 (Näituse 20 - 203)
    • Technical attacks
  3. Saturday, November 16, 10:15 - 13:30 (Näituse 20 - 203)
    • Web attacks
    • Security of wireless networks

Exams

  • 13th of December, 14:00 - 16:45 (this exam date is fixed)
  • 13th of January, 9:00 - 11:45
  • It may be possible to add one additional exam date in January in case other exam dates are not suitable at all.

Feedback

Your feedback during the course helps us to quickly react and tailor the topics to your needs. The feedback is anonymous and the form is available here.

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