650.055 (21W) Advanced Topics in Cybersecurity 2

Wintersemester 2021/22

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First course session
06.10.2021 10:00 - 12:00 S.1.37 On Campus
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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

For further information regarding teaching on campus, please visit: https://www.aau.at/en/corona.
Lecturer
Course title german Advanced Topics in Cybersecurity 2
Type Lecture - Course (continuous assessment course )
Course model Blended learning course
Online proportion 50%
Hours per Week 4.0
ECTS credits 6.0
Registrations 9 (30 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 06.10.2021
eLearning Go to Moodle course

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

The aim of this course is to give you an opportunity to get hands on with side channel attacks. We will thus look at their basic principles at first, and then we'll move on to considering how machine learning and deep learning can be used in this specific context. 

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Pre-recorded videos, slides and lecture notes, interactive slots. 

Course content

side channels and how to exploit/detect them, ML/DL as applied to side channels

Prior knowledge expected

You must have a good awareness of the role of cryptography and the challenges of engineering cryptography securely. Our running cipher example will be AES (a vanilla and a "secure implementation"). 

Thus you should have either attended: Cryptography/Crypto Engineering/Systemsicherheit (BSc) OR Introduction to Cybersecurity (MSc). 

Literature

I will provide slides/notes, and we will draw on "Power Analysis Attacks, Revealing the Secrets of Smart Cards) (available in the library). 

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Modified examination information (exceptional COVID-19 provisions)

None. 

Examination methodology

You will be graded based on your project work that runs across the entire winter term. The precise grading scheme will be visible on the Moodle page.

Examination topic(s)

All content that we covered.

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Your grade will be solely based on the project work (the submission requirements and marking schemes will be visible on Moodle). 

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Master's degree programme Applied Informatics (SKZ: 911, Version: 13W.1)
    • Subject: Information and System Security (Compulsory elective)
      • Basismechanismen der Kryptologie ( 2.0h VK / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 650.055 Advanced Topics in Cybersecurity 2 (4.0h VC / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Informatics (SKZ: 911, Version: 19W.2)
    • Subject: Information and System Security (Compulsory elective)
      • Weitere LVen aus dem gewählten Spezialisierungsfach ( 0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 650.055 Advanced Topics in Cybersecurity 2 (4.0h VC / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity (SKZ: 993, Version: 20W.1)
    • Subject: Specialisation in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity (Compulsory elective)
      • 4.4 Advanced Topics in Cybersecurity 2 ( 0.0h VC / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 650.055 Advanced Topics in Cybersecurity 2 (4.0h VC / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 2., 3. Semester empfohlen

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

Wintersemester 2023/24
  • 650.055 VC Advanced Topics in Cybersecurity 2 (4.0h / 6.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2022/23
  • 650.055 VC Advanced Topics in Cybersecurity 2 (4.0h / 6.0ECTS)