Course Syllabus - Fall B 2020
Information Assurance and Security (CSE 543)
Course Description
This course provides an overview of modern information assurance (IA) and security, with a
focus on computer and network security. This course will give students basic and
comprehensive understanding of security from both theoretical and practical perspectives, and it
will cover key security problems and their possible solutions.
Specific topics covered include:
● Security and privacy principles
● Physical security
● Personnel security
● Contingency and disaster recovery planning
● Information assurance policies
● Authentication and access control
● Administrative security controls
● Risk analysis and management
● Computer virus and malware
● Network attacking attempts
● Phishing
● Social engineering
● Software security
● Definitions of software security
● Traditional software vulnerabilities
● Modern software vulnerabilities
● Vulnerability discovery
● Vulnerability mitigation
● Secure software development
● Laws and regulations about Information Assurance
● Ethical hacking
Learning Outcomes
Learners completing this course will be able to:
● Recognize common security threats and attacking attempts.
● Identify typical vulnerabilities in programs.
● Develop secure programs.
● Analyze legal and ethical concerns of computer security activities.
● Launch attacks in ethical hacking environments.
Estimated Workload/ Time Commitment Per Week
Average of 20 hours per week
Required Prior Knowledge and Skills
This course will be challenging, and students are expected to learn the necessary technologies
on their own time. If you are not already proficient in the following areas, consider expanding
your skills in these areas and taking this course at a later time.
Proficient Mathematical Skills and Theoretical Understanding:
● Algebra
● Linear Algebra
● Algorithms
● Data Structures
● Computer Organization and Architecture
● Operating Systems
● Computer networking
Strong Application Skills:
● Ability to effectively read C code
● Ability to effectively read Python code
● Confidence executing at least one programming language:
○ Python
○ Java
○ C#
○ C++
○ C
Note: The course project will be completed using the language that the student chooses.
However, the course team will not be able to help the student if they choose any language that
is not Python, Java, or C#.
Proficient Experience:
● Clear understanding of theoretical and applied industry-relevant operating systems and
computer networks (e.g., Ethernet, ARP, Routing, IP Addresses, Fragmentation, ICMP,
UDP, TCP, and x86-64 assembly)
● Experience reading technical specifications and documentation
Technology Requirements
Hardware
● Personal computer with 8 GB RAM or higher and an x86-64 CPU. Must be able to install
virtual machines on this computer. Computers with ARM processors (or any other
architecture) will not work.
Software and Other
● Reliable Internet connection with unrestricted access to key websites that are commonly
used in software development activities (e.g., GitHub and StackOverflow)
● Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 is recommended) (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)
● A virtual machine application, such as VMware, is recommended for non-Linux. users
You can get VMware for free as an ASU student (strongly recommended) and install
Ubuntu 20.04 in a VM.
● Most reference code will be provided as a Python script. Therefore, Python is strongly
recommended. Note: For some coursework, the course team will not be able to help you
if you choose any language that is not Python, Java, or C#; therefore, to create the best
learning experience, Python is strongly recommended. This is noted on the overview
docs where it applies.
● Browser (e.g., Chrome, FireFox, or Microsoft Edge), an HTTP request sender (curl), and
Burp Suite
● Ability to access AWS resources
● You are strongly encouraged to use Python 3 and the scapy package
Textbook and Readings
At the graduate level, inquiry, research, and critical reading are part of the learning experience;
however, this course does not have a required textbook. All content is available within the
course.
Course Content
Instruction
Video Lectures
Demonstration Videos
Live Events (e.g. Live Sessions hosted by the instructor of record and Virtual Office Hours
hosted by the course team members)
Assessments
Assignments (graded, auto-graded)
Individual Project (graded, auto-graded)
Practice Quizzes (ungraded, auto-feedback)
Graded Quizzes (graded, auto-graded)
Practice Exam 1 (ungraded, auto-feedback)
Exam 1 (proctored, graded, auto-graded)
Practice Exam 2 (ungraded, auto-feedback)
Exam 2 (proctored, graded, auto-graded)
Details of the main instructional and assessment elements this course:
Lecture videos: The concepts you need to know will be presented through a collection of video
lectures. You may stream these videos for playback within the browser by clicking on their titles
or download the videos. You may also download the lecture slides that are used in the videos.
The lecture slides, where available, are provided with the video. Demonstration videos and
interview videos do not have accompanying slides.
Discussion Forums: Discussion forums are present each week in the course, and there are
designated forums for each project, assignment, and exams, so targeted questions of interest
can be asked and categorized in specific spaces. Although the course team is engaged in these
discussions, the forums are spaces to clarify, support, and enrich student-to-student
communication and learning. If you have specific questions that you would like the instructor to
consider addressing in the weekly Live Events, please indicate your request in your post.
Practice Quizzes: To help you prepare for other assessments in the course, you will be able to
take practice quizzes prior to taking graded quizzes. Note that practice quizzes are not present
in all weeks by design; they are only present in weeks that have graded quizzes. Designed to
support your learning and prepare you for the graded quiz experience, practice quizzes are
ungraded quizzes to test your knowledge of the concepts presented in all the lecture videos for
that week. You may take your time, review your notes, and learn at your own pace because
practice quizzes are untimed. You may retake these as often as you would like at any point in
the course. You are encouraged to read the feedback, review your answer choices, and
compare them to the correct answers. With the feedback as your guide, you are encouraged to
use these as opportunities to study for other assessments and tasks in the course. You may
engage with your peers in the discussion forums to address questions, share resources and
strategies, and provide feedback to help one another learn. If you have specific questions that
you would like the instructor to consider addressing in the weekly Live Events, please indicate
your request in your post.
Graded Quizzes: Timed graded quizzes are included at the end of several weeks when there is
not an assignment or project present. They are designed to assess you on a given week’s
content. Review the course outline closely. Graded quizzes typically include 10 multiple choice
questions. You will have 45 minutes to complete each quiz. Once you open the quiz, your
testing session begins, and you must complete it in a single session. You will be allowed one (1)
attempt to take and complete each quiz. There is a 12% grade penalty for each day late past
the deadline. For academic integrity purposes, the exact answers will not be shared, which
includes which questions students got correct and incorrect.
Practice Exams: Our goal is to prepare you for the timed, proctored final exam experience. To
do this, we have designed the practice exam questions so they follow the same question style
used in Exam 1 and Exam 2. You may engage with your peers in the discussion forums to
address questions, share resources and strategies, and provide feedback to help one another
learn. If you have specific questions that you would like to be considered to be addressed in the
weekly Live Events, please indicate your request in your post.
Practice Exam Details
● Single-answer, multiple choice questions
● Unlimited time
● Unlimited number of attempts
● Full feedback
Proctored Exams: You will have two (2) timed, proctored exams. No late exams will be
permitted and will result in an automatic score of 0 points. For academic integrity purposes, the
exact answers will not be shared, which includes which questions students got correct and
incorrect.
Exam 1 Details
● Content covered: Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4
● Question type(s): single answer, multiple-choice questions
● Availability: 12:01AM AZ Time on Monday, November 9, 2020 - Sunday,
November 15, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ Time
● Time: 2 hours = 120 minutes
● Attempts: You will be allowed one (1) attempt to take and complete the exam.
Once you open the exam, your testing session begins and you must complete it
in a single session.
● Proctoring: You need to set up your proctoring at least 72 hours prior to the
exam. Due to high-volume testing windows, you are strongly encouraged to
schedule by Sunday, October 18, 2020. ProctorU is an online proctoring
service that allows students to take exams online while ensuring the integrity of
the exam for the institution. Additional information and instructions are provided
in the Welcome and Start Here section of the course. The exam proctor will
input the exam password.
Exam 2 Details
● Content covered: Weeks 5, 6, and 7
● Question type(s): single answer, multiple-choice questions
● Availability: 12:01AM AZ Time on Monday, November 30, 2020 - Sunday,
December 6, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ Time
● Time: 2 hours = 120 minutes
● Attempts: You will be allowed one (1) attempt to take and complete the exam.
Once you open the exam, your testing session begins and you must complete it
in a single session.
● Proctoring: You need to set up your proctoring at least 72 hours prior to the
exam. Even though this exam is much later in the semester, due to high-volume
testing windows, you are strongly encouraged to schedule by Sunday,
October 18, 2020. There is no penalty if you have to schedule later. ProctorU is
an online proctoring service that allows students to take exams online while
ensuring the integrity of the exam for the institution. Additional information and
instructions are provided in the Welcome and Start Here section of the course.
The exam proctor will input the exam password.
Exam 1 and 2 Allowances: Both exams are closed resource exams. No materials,
resources, technologies, or communication is permitted during the exams.
● Hardcopy and/or digital books and/or reference materials (all): None
● Calculators (all): None (calculations may be achieved by hand)
● Notes in any format of any kind (all): None
● Web (all): None
● Software (all): None and all virtual machines must be closed prior to starting
proctoring
● Other technologies, devices, and means of communication (all): None
● Scratch paper, whiteboard, and writing utensils: unlimited amount of blank
scratch paper, writing utensils (e.g., pens, pencils, markers, and/or highlighters;
please have extra ones should you run out of ink, the pencil breaks, etc.), and
eraser(s). If using a whiteboard, students may have erasable whiteboard markers
and what is needed to erase writing on the whiteboard.
● Other: Students are to independently take the exam in a single session without
leaving the testing space (e.g., no bathroom breaks) to ensure proctoring of the
entire session.
Assignments and Projects: This course includes six (6) individual assignments and one (1)
project. All are provided to students in the first week of the course, so you can review what is
expected and design your own learning schedules to complete these on time. They will be
re-introduced in the week each is due. A submission area is provided at the end of each week
they are due. Review the Technology Requirements for this course to ensure you have what is
needed to complete the assignments and project. Assignments and the project may be
submitted an unlimited number of times. There is an automatic 6% grade penalty for each day
late.
List of Assignments and Project
● Week 3 Assignment: Caesar Cipher
● Week 3 Assignment: Esper Cipher
● Week 4 Assignment: UDP Spoofing
● Week 4 Assignment: TCP Spoofing
● Week 5 Assignment: Pwn Them All
● Week 6 Project: Fuzz Them All
● Week 6 Assignment: Finding Crashes
Course Grade Breakdown
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Course Work
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Quantity
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Percentage of
Grade
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Individual,
Timed Quizzes 3
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3
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8%
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Individual
Assignments 6 50%
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6
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50%
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Individual
Project*
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30%
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30%
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Individual,
Timed, Proctored Exam 1
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1
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6%
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Individual,
Timed, Proctored Exam 2
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1
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6%
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*This is an MCS Portfolio eligible course.
Grade Scale
NOTE: You must earn a cumulative grade of 70% to earn a "C" in this course
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A+
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97% - 100%
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A -
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90% - 96%
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B+
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87% - 89%
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B
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80% - 86%
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C+
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77% - 79%
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C
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70% - 76%
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D
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60% - 69%
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E
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<60%
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The instructor reserves the right to adjust individual grades based on, but not limited to,
violations of academic integrity.
Live Events
Live Sessions - Weekly
Live Sessions are a valuable part of the learning experience because students can meet with
the course instructor and fellow classmates to learn more about course topics, special topics
within the field, and discuss coursework. The official weekly schedule for these events will be
announced once the course starts. If you are able to attend these Live Sessions, you are
strongly encouraged to do so. If you have specific questions or topics of interest that you would
like to be discussed during the live events, please indicate your request in your discussion
forum post. Although it may not be possible to address all requests live, the instructor is
interested in tailoring the live events to your questions and interests. The instructor will be
following a set agenda, so please be mindful of that when engaging in the live session.
Live Sessions hosted by the faculty will be recorded and uploaded to the course
Live Sessions Expectations
The environment should remain professional at all times. Inappropriate content/visuals,
language, tone, feedback, etc. will not be tolerated, reported and subject to disciplinary
action. Review the Policy Regarding Expected Classroom Behavior section of the
syllabus and the Student Code of Conduct for more detailed information.
Virtual Office Hours - Weekly
Virtual Office Hours offer a chance for students to get their questions answered from the course
team. The official weekly schedule for office hours will be announced once the course starts.
Virtual office hours are recorded, but not uploaded into the course.
Virtual Office Hour Expectations
Although the course team is responsive to trends in the discussion forums and
mcsonline emails, these sessions focus on addressing students’ specific questions
related to content: clarifications, reteaching, assessment review, etc. These sessions are
not intended to address program or course design questions or feedback. Teaching
assistants do not have the authority to weigh in or make decisions regarding those items,
so please do not include those at this time. These sessions are specific to helping
students learn materials and understand various course assessments. Feedback of that
nature is best addressed in the communication channel: mcsonline@asu.edu and please
include it in your course survey.
The environment should remain professional at all times. Inappropriate content/visuals,
language, tone, feedback, etc. will not be tolerated, reported and subject to disciplinary
action. Review the Policy Regarding Expected Classroom Behavior section of the
syllabus and the Student Code of Conduct for more detailed information.
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Week # and
Name
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Begin Date
12:01 AM AZ Time
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End Date
11:59 PM AZ Time
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Week 1:
Foundations of Information Assurance and Security
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Monday,
October 12, 2020
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Sunday,
October 18, 2020
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Week 2:
Physical Security, Personnel Security, Authentication, and Access Control
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Monday,
October 19, 2020
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Sunday,
October 25, 2020
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Week 3:
Cryptography
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Monday,
October 26, 2020
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Sunday,
November 1, 2020
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Week 4: IA in
Information Systems
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Monday,
November 2, 2020
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Sunday,
November 8, 2020
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Exam 1
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Monday,
November 9, 2020
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Sunday,
November 15, 2020
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Week 5: Web
Security
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Monday,
November 9, 2020
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Sunday,
November 15, 2020
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Week 6:
Software Security
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Monday,
November 16, 2020
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Sunday,
November 22, 2020
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Week 7:
Privacy and Ethical Issues
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Monday,
November 23, 2020
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Sunday,
November 29, 2020
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Exam 2
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Monday,
November 30, 2020
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Sunday,
December 6, 2020
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*Grades are due December 7, 2020-December 14, 2020. (Please see the ASU Academic
Calendar for additional information.)
Assignment and Project Deadlines
Unless otherwise noted, all graded work is due on Sundays by 11:59 PM Arizona time. An
example of “otherwise noted” would be a course announcement when the course is running.
Assignments and the project may be submitted an unlimited number of times. There is an
automatic 6% grade penalty for each day late.
Assignment and Project Deadlines
● Week 3 Assignment: Caesar Cipher due by Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 11:59
PM AZ Time
● Week 3 Assignment: Esper Cipher due by Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 11:59
PM AZ Time
● Week 4 Assignment: UDP Spoofing due by Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 11:59
PM AZ Time
● Week 4 Assignment: TCP Spoofing due by Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 11:59
PM AZ Time
● Week 5 Assignment: Pwn Them All due by Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 11:59
PM AZ Time
● Week 6 Project: Fuzz Them All due by Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 11:59 PM
AZ Time
● Week 6 Assignment: Finding Crashes due by Sunday, November 22, 2020 at
11:59 PM AZ Time
Course Outline with Assignments
Week 1: Foundations of Information Assurance and Security
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Security Principles
Lesson 3: Security Strategies
Lesson 4: Mission Assurance and Risk Management
Lesson 5: IA Policies, Contingency, and Disaster Recovery Planning
Assignments
❏ Practice Quiz
❏ Graded Quiz (Due by Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ time)
12% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
For academic integrity purposes, the exact answers will not be shared, which
includes which questions students got correct and incorrect.
Week 2: Physical Security, Personnel Security, Authentication, and Access
Control
Lesson 1: Physical and Personnel Security
Lesson 2: Authentication
Lesson 3: Access Control
Assignments
❏ Practice Quiz
❏ Graded Quiz (Due by Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ time)
12% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
For academic integrity purposes, the exact answers will not be shared, which
includes which questions students got correct and incorrect.
Week 3: Cryptography
Lesson 1: Introduction to Cryptography
Lesson 2: Common Crypto Algorithms
Lesson 3: Bad Crypto
Lesson 4: Common Weaknesses in Crypto Uses
Assignments
❏ Caesar Cipher (Due by Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ Time)
6% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
❏ Esper Cipher (Due by Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ Time)
6% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
Week 4: IA in Information Systems
Lesson 1: Introduction to Network Security
Lesson 2: Common Attacks on Networks
Lesson 3: Modern Security Threats
Lesson 4: IA in Outsourcing and Open-source Software
Lesson 5: IA in Cloud Computing
Assignments
❏ UDP Spoofing due by Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ Time
6% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
❏ TCP Spoofing due by Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ Time
6% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
Week 5: Web Security
Lesson 1: Web Security Overview
Lesson 2: HTML
Lesson 3: Common Vulnerabilities in Web Applications
Lesson 4: Phishing
Lesson 5: Vulnerability Discovery
Assignments
❏ Pwn Them All (Due by Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ Time)
6% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
Exam 1
Available from Monday, November 9, 2020 at 12:01AM AZ Time - Sunday,
November 15, 2020 at 11:59PM AZ Time
100% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
No late exams accepted.
For academic integrity purposes, the exact answers will not be shared, which
includes which questions students got correct and incorrect.
Week 6: Software Security
Lesson 1: Software Security Overview
Lesson 2: Common Vulnerabilities in Software
Lesson 3: Memory Model, X86-64 Assembly Language, and Debugging
Lesson 4: Buffer Overflows
Lesson 5: Vulnerability discovery
Assignments
❏ Fuzz Them All (Due by Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ Time)
6% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
❏ Finding Crashes (Due by Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ Time)
6% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
Week 7: Privacy, IA Management, and Ethical Issues
Lesson 1: Privacy and Social Networks
Lesson 2: Ethical Hacking
Assignments
❏ Practice Quiz
❏ Graded Quiz (Due by Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 11:59 PM AZ time)
12% grade penalty for each day past the deadline.
For academic integrity purposes, the exact answers will not be shared, which
includes which questions students got correct and incorrect.
❏ Optional: Portfolio Inclusion Report for ASU MCS Degree
❏ Course Survey
Exam 2
❏ Practice Exam 2
❏ Exam 2 (Available from Monday, November 30, 2020 at 12:01AM AZ Time - Sunday,
December 6, 2020 at 11:59PM AZ Time)
No late exams accepted.
100% grade penalty.
For academic integrity purposes, the exact answers will not be shared, which
includes which questions students got correct and incorrect.
Policies
All ASU and Coursera policies will be enforced during this course. For policy details, please
consult the MCS Graduate Handbook and the MCS Onboarding Course.
Absence Policies
There are no required or mandatory attendance events in this online course. Live Events, both
Live Sessions hosted by the faculty and Virtual Office Hours hosted by the course team do not
take attendance.
Students are to complete all graded coursework (e.g., assignments, project, and exams). If
exceptions for graded coursework deadlines need to be made for excused absences, please
reach out to the course team by Sunday, October 18, 2020 using the mcsonline@asu.edu
email address (these need to be built into the course). Review the exam availability windows
and schedule accordingly. The exam availability windows allow for your own flexibility and you
are expected to plan ahead. Personal travel does not qualify as an excused absence and does
not guarantee an exception.
Review the resources for what qualifies as an excused absence and review the late
penalties in the Assignment Deadlines section of the syllabus and the course:
a. Excused absences related to religious observances/practices that are in accord with
ACD 304–04, “Accommodation for Religious Practices”
b. Excused absences related to university sanctioned events/activities that are in accord
with ACD 304–02, “Missed Classes Due to University-Sanctioned Activities”
c. Excused absences related to missed class due to military line-of-duty activities that are
in accord with ACD 304–11, “Missed Class Due to Military Line-of-Duty Activities,” and
SSM 201–18, “Accommodating Active Duty Military”
Policy Regarding Expected Course Behavior
The aim of education is the intellectual, personal, social, and ethical development of the
individual. The educational process is ideally conducted in an environment that encourages
reasoned discourse, intellectual honesty, openness to constructive change, and respect for the
rights of all individuals. Self-discipline and a respect for the rights of others in the university
community are necessary for the fulfillment of such goals. An instructor may withdraw a student
from a course with a mark of “W” or “E” or employ other interventions when the student’s
behavior disrupts the educational process. For more information, review SSM 201–10.
If you identify something as unacceptable classroom behavior on the class platform (e.g.,
Coursera discussion forum) or communication channels (e.g., Zoom, virtual live session, virtual
office hours, Slack, etc.), please notify the course team using the mcsonline@asu.edu email. In
the discussion forums, you can also flag the post for our attention. For more specifics on
appropriate participation, please review our Netiquette infographic.
Our classroom community rules are to:
● Be professional
● Be positive
● Be polite
● Be proactive
Academic Integrity
Students in this class must adhere to ASU’s academic integrity policy, which can be found at
https://provost.asu.edu/academic-integrity/policy. Students are responsible for reviewing this
policy and understanding each of the areas in which academic dishonesty can occur. In
addition, all engineering students are expected to adhere to both the ASU Academic Integrity
Honor Code and the Fulton Schools of Engineering Honor Code. All academic integrity
violations will be reported to the Fulton Schools of Engineering Academic Integrity Office (AIO).
The AIO maintains a record of all violations and has access to academic integrity violations
committed in all other ASU colleges/schools.
Specific academic integrity announcements for this class:
Security is a field that honors integrity to the maximum extent. As an introductory course
to security, this course has a zero-tolerance policy towards academic integrity violations.
Any academic integrity violations will lead to a failure of this course (no refunds) with a
failing grade (F), and the violation will be reported to the university.
Copyright
All course content and materials, including lectures (Zoom recorded lectures included), are
copyrighted materials and students may not share outside the class, upload to online websites
not approved by the instructor, sell, or distribute course content or notes taken during the
conduct of the course (see ACD 304–06, “Commercial Note Taking Services” and ABOR Policy
5-308 F.14 for more information).
You must refrain from uploading to any course shell, discussion board, or website used by the
course instructor or other course forum, material that is not the student's original work, unless
the students first comply with all applicable copyright laws; faculty members reserve the right to
delete materials on the grounds of suspected copyright infringement.
Policy Against Threatening Behavior (SSM 104-02)
Students, faculty, staff, and other individuals do not have an unqualified right of access to
university grounds, property, or services. Interfering with the peaceful conduct of
university-related business or activities or remaining on campus grounds after a request to leave
may be considered a crime. All incidents and allegations of violent or threatening conduct by an
ASU student (whether on- or off-campus) must be reported to the ASU Police Department (ASU
PD) and the Office of the Dean of Students.
Disability Accommodations
Suitable accommodations will be made for students having disabilities. Students needing
accommodations must register with the ASU Student Accessibility and Inclusive Learning
Services and provide documentation of that registration to the instructor. Students should
communicate the need for an accommodation in sufficient time for it to be properly arranged.
See ACD 304-08 Classroom and Testing Accommodations for Students with Disabilities.
Harassment and Sexual Discrimination
Arizona State University is committed to providing an environment free of discrimination,
harassment, or retaliation for the entire university community, including all students, faculty
members, staff employees, and guests. ASU expressly prohibits discrimination, harassment,
and retaliation by employees, students, contractors, or agents of the university based on any
protected status: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity, and genetic information.
Title IX is a federal law that provides that no person be excluded on the basis of sex from
participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education
program or activity. Both Title IX and university policy make clear that sexual violence and
harassment based on sex is prohibited. An individual who believes they have been subjected to
sexual violence or harassed on the basis of sex can seek support, including counseling and
academic support, from the university. If you or someone you know has been harassed on the
basis of sex or sexually assaulted, you can find information and resources at
https://sexualviolenceprevention.asu.edu/faqs.
Mandated sexual harassment reporter: As a mandated reporter, I am obligated to report any
information I become aware of regarding alleged acts of sexual discrimination, including sexual
violence and dating violence. ASU Counseling Services, https://eoss.asu.edu/counseling, is
available if you wish to discuss any concerns confidentially and privately.
Contact Information
Please contact the course team using the discussion forums present in the course or using
mcsonline@asu.edu.
Course Faculty
Dr. Ruoyu “Fish” Wang designed this course.
Dr. Ruoyu "Fish" Wang is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing, Informatics, and
Decision Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. degree from
the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2018 and
his Bachelor's degree in Computer Software at Tsinghua University in 2013. Dr. Wang's
research focuses on system security, especially on automated binary program analysis and
reverse engineering of software. As part of his research, Dr. Wang co-founded the binary
analysis platform, angr.
Besides research, Dr. Wang plays many CTFs and is a core member of the CTF team
Shellphish and pwndevils. Dr. Wang was a core member of the CGC team Shellphish CGC, with
whom he won third place in the Final Event of the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge in 2016.
