Clemens H. Cap

Cybersecurity

1. Security and Safety [PDF] [BiBTeX]
2. Why is Security Important? [PDF] [PDF with audio] [BiBTeX]
3. Topics for Projects [PDF]
4. Principles of Security Engineering [PDF] [PDF with audio] [BiBTeX]
5. Risk Analysis [PDF] [PDF with audio] [BiBTeX]
6. Understanding the Attacker [PDF] [PDF with audio] [BiBTeX]
7. Authentication [PDF] [PDF with audio] [BiBTeX]
8. Biometric Authentication [PDF] [PDF with audio] [BiBTeX]
9. Access Control [PDF] [PDF with audio] [BiBTeX]
10. Processor Security: Spectre and Meltdown [PDF] (New Upload)

Cryptography

1. Steganography [PDF]
2. Finite Fields [PDF] [PDF with audio] [BiBTeX]
3. Secret Sharing [PDF (New Upload, Bug Fix Release)] [Old version PDF with audio]
4. Anonymous Communication [PDF] [PDF with audio] [BiBTeX]
5. Zero Knowledge [PDF] (New Upload - in updated form)
6. Attacks [PDF] (New Upload)

Technical remark: The [PDF with audio] files are presented by dual-pdf player, which allows viewing PDF with an embedded audio file. The player has been tested for a current Chrome browser. Issues with the player can be reported at https://github.com/clecap/dual-pdf in the issues area.

Out-of Stream Material

The following material has not been prepared particularly for this course but the contents covered there is part of or prerequisite for this course.

1. Simeon Wiedenmann: Revising some Computer Security Basics, Part 1. Talk 2 of the Sethi Summer School [YouTube]
2. Clemens H. Cap: Revising some Computer Security Basics, Part 2. Talk 3 of the Sethi Summer School [YouTube]
3. Clemens H. Cap: Privacy and Data Protection. Talk 13 of the Sethi Summer School [YouTube]
4. Clemens H. Cap: Architectures and Technologies for Privacy. Talk 14 of the Sethi Summer School [YouTube]
5. Thomas Mundt: How We Found Out Who Refuses to Wash Hands: A Case Study on Privacy. Talk 12 of the Sethi Summer School [YouTube]
6. Simeon Wiedenmann: Ethics of Hacking - Attack Vectors, Penetration Testing and the Disclosure of Vulnerabilities. Talk 11 of the Sethi Summer School [YouTube]

Prerequisites

1. Knowlegde of security basics, as typical for a bachelor degree in computer science, see for example: Datensicherheit
2. Knowledge of networking, as typical for a bachelor degree in computer science, see for example: Rechnernetze