CS559: Quantitative Security
[Fall 2020]

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Important Dates:

Aug 25, 2020	First day of classes (Ours starts on Tuesday)
See here	Drop deadline
Oct 20, 2020, Tu	Mid term
See here	Last day for drop with a W
Nov 23-27, 2020	Fall Recess
Wed Dec 16 2:00- 4:00pm	Final Exam
Dec 21, 2020	Course Letter Grades will be available

Useful References
Computer Security: Principles and Practice (4th Edition) by William Stallings, Lawrie Brown, Pearson; 2017
[SB]
Measuring and Managing Information Risk, A FAIR Approach, Jack Freund and Jack Jones, Elsevier, 2015.[FJ]
How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk, Douglas W. Hubbard and Richard Seiersen, Wiley; 2016.[HS]
Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, 13th ed, George E. Rejda and Michael J. McNamara, Pearson 2017.[RM]

Week	Date	Topic	Assignments	Readings
1	Aug 25, 27	Introduction, Terms Lecture 1 Lecture 2	Quiz 1 HW1 Due 9/9
2	Sept 1, 3	Frameworks, Risk Lecture 3 Lecture 4	Quiz 2
3	Sept 8, 10	Insurance, Probability, Intrusion Detection Lecture 5 Lecture 6	HW1 due Wed Quiz 3
4	Sept 15, 17	Class Presentations Lecture 7a, 7b Lecture 8a, 8b	Quiz 4
5	Sept 22, 24	Modeling, Vulnerabilities Lecture 9 Lecture 10	Quiz 5
6	Sept 29, Oct 1	Vulnerability Discovery Models Lecture 11 Lecture 12	Quiz 6 Project Proposal due Oct 10
7	Oct 6, 8	CVSS, Testing and coverage Lecture 13 Lecture 14	Quiz 7
8	Oct 13, 15	Fuzzing, Review Lecture 15 Lecture 16	? Quiz 8
9	Oct 20, 22	Midterm (S 001 Respondus, S 801 Honorlock) Lecture 17	HW ? Due ? Quiz 9
10	Oct 26, 28	Research, Malware Lecture 18 Lecture 19	Quiz 10
11	Nov 3, 5	Attacks, Breaches Lecture 20 Lecture 21	Quiz 11 Project Semi-final Report Due	.
12	Nov 9, 11	Breach Cost, Security Economics Lecture 22 Lecture 23	Quiz 12
13	Nov 17, 19	Vulnerability markets, Presentations, Discussions Lecture 24 Lecture 25	Quiz 13
Fall Break	Nov 23-27	Fall Break	-
14	Dec 1, 3	Presentations Lecture 26 Lecture 27	Quiz 14
15	Dec 8, 10	Review/Presentations Lecture 28 Lecture 29, Overview Project Presentations	Project Final Report Due Dec 9 Quiz 15
Finals	Dec 16	Finals Wed Dec 16 2-4 PM
Dec 21: Final Grades will be posted

CS559: Quantitative Security [Fall 2020]

CS559: Quantitative Security
[Fall 2020]