BUS 4720 Supply and Demand in Small Businesses

Host and Application Security Lesson 1: Introductions and Expectations

Welcome to my (our!) new class!  Agenda Who am I, what’s my background Who are you? What do you want to learn? Why are you taking this class?

Host-based Security is About…  Microsoft Word viruses  Why rootkits work…  Is a Mac really “more secure” than a PC?  Browser security

Me  Harris Building, Rm 212  Dept. Head, Computer Sciences & Cybersecurity  Associate Director of the Harris Institute, Harris Professor of Computer Science  Non-traditional academic background  Very interested in security

Books  The Art of Computer Virus Research by Peter Szor  Security in Computing by Pfleeger & Pfleeger (reference)  We will also be looking at a lot of papers this semester

Website   NB: some version of IE want to unzip pptx files… don’t let them  Warning: Slides I haven’t given might get changed before class, so while you are welcome to read ahead, assignments might change

Grading  Programming is something you do… Thus, there are many assignments You lose half a letter grade for every day you are late  Your peers will tell you this doesn’t happen… but it will this year! Assignments are due before class on the day assigned This year, all assignments will be submitted through

Grading (cntd)  To make a passing grade in this class you must pass the final  Assignments + Class Participation + Spot Quizzes are about 70% of your grade  Midterm and Final are the other 30% However, note the caveat above

Plagiarism  I have a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism  Any incidents will be referred to the College of Engineering Try me on this, I have done it before!  However, why? I want you to learn, and cheating mainly cheats yourself Learning and understanding host and application security will change how you think about computing

Classes  Please come on time But if you’re running late, come anyway!  I’m not going to always warn you about tests, and they do count toward your final grade!

Office Hours  Tue: , Thur:  Other times, happily, by appointment – talk to Karen Brown  If you’re making a special trip to campus to see me, it might make sense to me first

Questions & Comments 