COMP 435 (Fall 2025)

Monday / Wednesday 2:30 - 3:45pm in SN014.

A working draft of the syllabus can be found here!

Office Hours

Instructor: Kaki Ryan

Mondays: 10-12pm in FB114

TA OH: in SN137

Wednesdays: 11-1pm

Thursdays: 3:30-5pm

Course Links

Assignments

Gradescope (Enrollment code is 42Z24W)

Textbook: Computer Security and the Internet by Paul C. van Oorschot. ISBN: 1619-7100 Publisher: Springer. PDF

Course Schedule

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Week 1

Monday 8/18:

• FDOC!! :)
• Lecture 1: Welcome! Introduction, Security Mindset + Security Policies
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: Section 1.1

Wednesday 8/20:

• Lecture 2: Basic Principles, Intro to Threat Modeling
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: Section 1.2

Week 2

Monday 8/25:

• Lecture 3: More Threat Modeling, Risk
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Written Assignment 1 Released. Due 8/28 11:59pm
• Reading: Section 1.3-1.5

Wednesday 8/27:

• QUIZ 1
• Lecture 4: Intro to Authentication, Passwords
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: Section 3.1, 3.2

Week 3

Wednesday 9/3:

• Lecture 5: Biometrics
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: Section 3.3-3.5

Week 4

Monday 9/8:

• Lecture 5: Finish Authentication, Start Crypto!
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: TBD

Wednesday 9/11:

• Lecture 7: Finish Authentication, More Crypto
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: TBD