Selected Topics in  Network Security/Privacy

Fall 2015

Instructor:        Claude Castelluccia (claude.castelluccia@inria.fr)

Announcements

Concours EducNum (deadline: feb. 15th, 2016): http://www.educnum.fr/concours-educnum/

Course Description

This course will introduce modern topics in network and data privacy. It will provide a thorough grounding in network privacy suitable for those interested in conducting research in this area, as well as students more broadly interested in real-world security. Topics will span (but not limited to):

• C1: Introduction to Wireless Security (rfid, wsn, authentication,...)
  
• C2: WiFi security 
• C3: Data Privacy and Surveillance (tracking, profiling, data anonymization, ...)
  

Textbook (s): There is no required textbook. All reading will be from research papers in top security conferences and journals.

Paper presentation:     100%

There is no mid-term or final exam.

Paper Survey presentation:

2-3 students/topic (please pick one topic).
Follow the links to the survey papers below. The objective is not only to present the paper, but also to present the related work on this topic (it’s a research project).
It is your duty to find other papers in the field to elaborate on the subject during your presentation. The presentation should last between 45 to 60 min.

• Wireless Security: 
• 04/01/2016: Botter + Regnery + Keith
  

• Secure messaging
• 04/01/2016: Cogordan + Dimper + Krafft
  

• Passwords and Web Authentication Schemes
• le 04/01/2016: Kulatova + Bouguera

• SSL and HTTPS security: 
  
• le 04/01/2016: Awaynia + Bouaziz + Loriente

• Surveillance and Censorship on the Internet
• le 06/01/2016: Tedesco + Mattos + Touzeau + Kolade

• Security and Privacy of CryptoCurrencies:
• le 06/01/2016: Boda-Majer + Branco + Dominguez

• Security and Privacy in Implantable Medical Devices and Body Area Networks
  

• Privacy Policies and Notices

• Cybercrime and dark market analysis
• le 06/01/2016: Marconot + Topin + Cochard
  

The slides have to be sent to me 2 days prior to the corresponding lecture.