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Week 1: What is Computer Security?
Week 2: Dilemma and Design
Week 3: Identification and Authentication
Week 4: Access Control
Week 5: Reference Monitor
Week 6: The Bell-LaPadula Model
Week 7: Other Formal Models
- Core reading: Gollmann, chapter 9.
- Additional reading: Bishop, chapters 6-7.
- Handouts
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- Complete Slides
- Exercise Sheet
Week 8: Security Evaluation
Week 9: Software Security
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