Weekly Schedule
The schedule might change as the course progresses, in part based on student interests and feedbacks and also due to the uncertainties caused by the pandemic. If you are particularly interested in some topic not covered here, send an email to any course staff and we will try our best to accommodate.
| Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 1 | Jan 09 Start of class | Jan 10 Introduction LEC: course-logistics LEC: basic-concepts START: quiz1 START: survey | Jan 11 | Jan 12 Program Security LEC: flaws-failures | Jan 13 |
| 2 | Jan 16 | Jan 17 Program Security LEC: malicious-code START: hw1 | Jan 18 DUE: quiz1 | Jan 19 Program Security LEC: defenses | Jan 20 |
| 3 | Jan 23 | Jan 24 Program Security LEC: defenses-cont START: quiz2 | Jan 25 | Jan 26 OS Security LEC: os-protection | Jan 27 DUE: hw1-m |
| 4 | Jan 30 | Jan 31 OS Security LEC: user-auth | Feb 01 DUE: quiz2 | Feb 02 OS Security LEC: sec-policies | Feb 03 |
| 5 | Feb 06 | Feb 07 OS Security LEC: sec-policies-cont START: quiz3 | Feb 08 | Feb 09 Network Security LEC: network-basis | Feb 10 DUE: hw1 |
| 6 | Feb 13 | Feb 14 Network Security LEC: attacks-1 START: hw2 | Feb 15 DUE: quiz3 | Feb 16 Network Security LEC: attacks-2 START: quiz4 | Feb 17 DUE: survey-m |
| 7 | Feb 20 Reading Week | Feb 21 Reading Week | Feb 22 Reading Week | Feb 23 Reading Week | Feb 24 Reading Week |
| 8 | Feb 27 | Feb 28 Internet Security LEC: crypto-basis | Mar 01 | Mar 02 Internet Security LEC: network-layer | Mar 03 DUE: hw2-m DUE: quiz4 |
| 9 | Mar 06 | Mar 07 Internet Security LEC: app-layer | Mar 08 | Mar 09 Internet Security LEC: blockchain | Mar 10 |
| 10 | Mar 13 | Mar 14 Internet Security LEC: pets START: quiz5 | Mar 15 | Mar 16 Data Security LEC: db-sec | Mar 17 START: hw3 DUE: hw2 |
| 11 | Mar 20 | Mar 21 Data Security LEC: notions | Mar 22 DUE: quiz5 | Mar 23 Data Security LEC: diff-privacy | Mar 24 DUE: hw3-m |
| 12 | Mar 27 | Mar 28 Data Security LEC: aml START: quiz6 | Mar 29 | Mar 30 Non-tech Aspects LEC: ethics LEC: admin | Mar 31 |
| 13 | Apr 03 | Apr 04 Non-tech Aspects LEC: legal LEC: emerging START: quiz7 | Apr 05 DUE: quiz6 | Apr 06 Course Review INT: review | Apr 07 Good Friday |
| 14 | Apr 10 End of class DUE: quiz7 DUE: hw3 DUE: survey | Apr 11 Exam Prep | Apr 12 Exam Prep | Apr 13 Start of exams | Apr 14 |
| 15 | Apr 17 START: final DUE: final | Apr 18 | Apr 19 | Apr 20 | Apr 21 |
| 16 | Apr 24 | Apr 25 | Apr 26 | Apr 27 | Apr 28 End of exams |