Seminars in Information Security and Cryptography

11 June - 6 July 2012, Zurich, Switzerland

Seminars in Information Security and Cryptography Zurich Switzerland, June and July 2012

Organizers: Prof. David Basin and Prof. Ueli Maurer, ETH Zurich http://www.infsec.ch

We are pleased to announce four seminars in Information Security and Cryptography.  A full description of the seminars, including a detailed listing of topics covered, is available at http://www.infsec.ch

• Seminar 1: INFORMATION SECURITY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY, FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS (June 11-13, 2012)

This seminar, taught by Prof. David Basin and Prof. Ueli Maurer, provides an in-depth coverage of Information Security and Cryptography.  Concepts are explained in a way understandable to a wide audience, as well as mathematical, algorithmic, protocol-specific, and system-oriented aspects.
The topics covered include cryptography and its foundations, system and network security, PKIs and key management, authentication and access control, privacy and data protection, and advanced topics in cryptography.

• Seminar 2: BUILDING SECURE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS (June 14-15, 2012)

This seminar, taught by Prof. David Basin and Dr. Torsten Lodderstedt, presents sound methods that can be used to build and evaluate security- critical software systems. The focus is on the interplay between two
areas: Software Engineering and Information Security. The role of security in all phases of the software-development process is examined, including requirements analysis, risk analysis, design, implementation, and testing, as well as verification and certification. In each phase, relevant concepts, methods, and tools are covered.

• Seminar 3: WIRELESS AND MOBILE NETWORK SECURITY (July 3-4, 2012)

This seminar, taught by Prof. Srdjan Capkun, covers relevant security and privacy issues in contemporary and emerging wireless networks.
The seminar focuses on attacks and countermeasures in different types of wireless networks and their applications. These are first presented conceptually and then analyzed in the context of their real-world realizations. For selected attacks and countermeasures, protocols and experimental setups are presented in detail.

• Seminar 4: APPLIED INFORMATION SECURITY, HANDS-ON! (July 5-6, 2012)

In this seminar, taught by Prof. David Basin and Dr. Patrick Schaller, participants carry out hands-on experiments in Information Security, using a virtualized networked environment.  The experiments illustrate common information security problems arising in modern operating systems, networks, and web applications, and how to avoid them.
The seminar participants are introduced to the problems and afterwards carry out exploits and work through different countermeasures. In this way, they gain a detailed understanding of how vulnerabilities arise in practice and practical experience countering them.

The seminars are in collaboration with ETH Zurich continuing education in Computer Science.