| Course Name |
Operating Systems Security
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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CE 304
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FALL
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2
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2
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3
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5
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| Prerequisites | CE 303 To Succeed (To get a grade of at least DD) or CE 323 To Succeed (To get a grade of at least DD) | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | ELECTIVE_COURSE | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-To-Face/Online | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course |
Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop Lecture / Presentation |
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| National Occupational Classification Code | - | |||||
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| Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to teach the students security related details of most widely used operating systems, threat analysis, and countermeasures against the threats. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | A study of technical security policies, models, and mechanisms for confidentiality, integrity, and availability with respect to operating systems from an engineering point of view. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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| Major Area Courses |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials | Learning Outcome |
| 1 | Introduction, basic terms & concepts in information security & related legal issues | Preliminary work 1 | LO1 |
| 2 | Basics of OS Security; concepts, general & common problems, threats, countermeasures | Preliminary work 2 | LO2 |
| 3 | Access controls & methodologies, IAAA in OS & relevant technologies & applications in today’s world | Preliminary work 3 | LO3 |
| 4 | Centralized / decentralized IAAA solutions, different IAAA architectures in secure OS | Preliminary work 4 | LO4 |
| 5 | Audit & monitoring in OS | Preliminary work 5 | LO1 |
| 6 | Intro to cryptography, protection of assets, data, systems in OS with today’s best practices | Preliminary work 6 | LO3 |
| 7 | Secure system management; models, solutions, various technologies | Preliminary work 7 | LO5 |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | - | |
| 9 | Open source architecture & approach and its relation with information security & OS security | Preliminary work 8 | LO2 |
| 10 | IAAA differences of Linux vs. Windows architectures | Part I Guide to Operating Systems Security, Michael Palmer | LO4 |
| 11 | IAAA differences of Linux vs. Windows architectures | Part II Guide to Operating Systems Security, Michael Palmer | LO3 |
| 12 | Network related issues in OS Security | Part I Guide to Operating Systems Security, Michael Palmer | LO5 |
| 13 | Network related issues in OS Security (including cryptographic basics) | Part II Guide to Operating Systems Security, Michael Palmer | LO2 |
| 14 | Related vulnerabilities, threats & countermeasures (DOS attacks, malicious codes, XSS, rootkits, JavaScript, SQL, Ajax, .Net, Apache, IIS, etc) | Part I Guide to Operating Systems Security, Michael Palmer | LO3 |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | - | |
| 16 | Final Exam | - |
| Course Notes/Textbooks |
Guide to Operating Systems Security Michael Palmer Publisher: Thomson 2003 (2004 2nd ed) ISBN 13: 9780619160401©2004 ISBN 10: 0619160403 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
Maximum Linux Security (2nd Edition) John Ray Sams 2 Pap/Cdr edition 2001 ISBN10: 0672321343 ISBN13: 9780672321344 Hacking Exposed Windows Server 2003 Joel Scambray & Stuart McClure McGrawHill Osborne Media 2006 ISBN10: 0072230614 ISBN13: 9780072230611 CISSP Textbook Vallabhaneni S.Rao SRV Pro Publications 2002 ASIN: B0006S7QN0 ISO27001:IEC British Standards Institution 2005 Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions Stuart McClure et al McGrawHill Osborne Fourth Edition 2003 ISBN 0072227427 Applied Cryptography: Protocols Algorithms and Source Code in C Schneier Bruce Second Edition 1998 ISBN 0471117099 Hacking Exposed Web Applications Scambray Joel et al Second Edition McGrawHill Osborne 2006 ISBN 0072262990 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting | LO1 | LO2 | LO3 | LO4 | LO5 |
| Laboratory / Application | 1 | 10 | X | X | X | X | |
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 40 | X | X | X | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 20 | X | X | X | X | |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 | X | X | X | X | X |
| Total | 4 | 100 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Participation | - | - | - |
| Theoretical Course Hours | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Field Work | - | - | - |
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | - | - |
| Portfolio | - | - | - |
| Homework / Assignments | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| Presentation / Jury | - | - | - |
| Project | - | - | - |
| Seminar / Workshop | - | - | - |
| Oral Exams | - | - | - |
| Midterms | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total | 150 |
| # | PC Sub | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| No program competency data found. | |||||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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