COMP 435 (Fall 2026)

Monday / Wednesday / Friday 10:10-11:00am in Bingham 3014.

A working draft of the syllabus can be found here!

Office Hours

TA OH: in SN137

TBD

Course Links

Assignments

Gradescope

In-Class Practice Solutions

Textbook #1: Computer Security and the Internet by Paul C. van Oorschot. PDF

Textbook #2: Introduction to Software Security by Barton Miller and Elisa Heymann. PDF

Course Schedule

Full-Semester Schedule Here. Subject to change!

Week 1

Monday 8/17:

• FDOC!! :)
• Lecture 0: Welcome! Introduction, Security Mindset + Security Policies
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: Section 1.1

Wednesday 8/19:

• Lecture 1: Basic Principles, Intro to Threat Modeling
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: Section 1.2

Friday 8/21:

• Lecture 2: Attack Trees, Case Study: 2020 Twitter Hack
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: Section 1.2

Week 2

Monday 8/24:

• Lecture 3: Finish Threat Modeling, Risk Analysis
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: Section 1.3-1.5

Wednesday 8/26:

• Lecture 4: TBD
• Slides
• In-class Practice
• Reading: Section 1.7

Friday 8/28:

• Lecture 5: TBD
• Quiz 1
• Slides
• In-class Practice