Topic outline

  • The network security course in the academic year 2020-2021 will be based on recorded lectures and an examination based on the lectures, and projects where the students apply the learned knowledge to design and implement security solutions.

    All previously scheduled physical meetings are cancelled. The lectures and project work will be online. The course schedule is below.  



    Nov 2020

    Recorded lectures published

    Nov-Dec 2020

    Projects 1,2,3

    23 Nov– 08 Jan

    Project 1,2,3 demo sessions

    15 Dec – 29 Jan


    09 Jan -02 May

     break or independent work

    May 2021 (schedule TBA)

    Alternative advice and demo sessions

     04 Apr - 04 June 2021 (earlier exam times by request)Examination in the EXAM studio
    Booking: https://exam.aalto.fi/enroll/exam/6915?code=CS-E4300

     

    Please send all communication to the course email alias cs-e4300@aalto.fi. Late course registrations can also be done by email.

    Course topics:

    • Security protocol principles
    • Protocol standards: TLS 1.3, IPsec, WPA3 etc.
    • Advanced protocols and research topics
    • Security protocol and system design


    The lectures and examination make up 25% of the course grade. The projects will be done in pairs or individually (pair work is highly recommended). Each of the three projects makes up 25% of the course grade. Students are requested to take the exam on campus in the EXAM studio, but we will provide alternative ways as needed. See the examination instructions.

    The course continues to the spring semester because some students always need such flexibility. We recommend completing the course, or most parts of it, by December. The course staff is available for support in period II i.e. Nov-Dec 2020. However, if you need to balance workload, you can leave some submissions to period V i.e. May 2021. Be warned that if you leave everything to the spring, it will be mostly self-study and not easy.