CSEC-793 Capstone for Computing Security
Syllabus, Spring 2015-2016
Bo Yuan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Computing Security

Introduction

Welcome to CSEC-793. The goal is to make sure you complete this course successfully at the end of the semester. You need a grade B or above to fullfill the capstone requriement of MS in Computing Security. It is not an easy course; high quality and hard work are expected from each of you.

Contacts

You may email me at anytime: bo.yuan@rit.edu. If you do not receive a respond from me within 48 hours, you should send another one to me. If you prefer a conversation, my office phone number is 585-745-4468, or email me a phone number and a time that I can reach you.

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to provide students opportunities to apply knowledge learned in the Master of Science in Computing Security program to solve real world problems. Students will identify real world problems, devise, implement, and test their solutions. Data analysis skills are also required to evaluate and perform comparative studies. By the end of the course, students shall be ready to ``conquer the world."

Learning Outcomes

MS in Computing Security program learning outcomes:

• Describe technologies emerging in the field of computing security and their impact on large organizations.
• Describe technologies emerging in the field of computing security and their ethical impact on large organizations.
• Be a key contributing member in the development, management, or research of the computing Security infrastructure of an enterprise.
• Interface and communicate effectively at all levels of an organization.
• Describe and implement technologies important to the management and deployment of computing security policies and procedures.
• Design and write effective computing security policies that meet the operational and business goals of an organization.
• Participate effectively in research positions, leadership positions, or professional careers in computing security in both private and public sectors, or alternatively, for admission to other academic programs.

Course Organization

We have a mixed student population, half is in class and half is online. Unlike the traditional blended courses we offered before, your attendance is required. The class will not be recorded due to the nature of the class. If you are working, please arrange your time properly and make the class time slots available for the class.

We will use connect.rit.edu for online students. Make sure you have a computer with a microphone and sufficient bandwidth to engage class activities smoothly. The meeting room should be at: https://connect.rit.edu/cseccapstone/.

Your final report should be typeset in Latex. Create an account on www.overleaf.com, we will use it for sharing drafts of your report. Only a minimum amount of knowledge of Latex is needed. Just follow a couple of examples at the website, get yourself familiar with it. A report template will be provided for your convenience.

Course Schedule

This is a tentative schedule subject to change.

Week	Task	Assignment due
1	Discuss about the courses	High level project ideas due
2	Discuss ideas in class	Draft project plan due
3	Discuss ideas in class	Project plan finalized
4	Literature Reviews	Draft literature review due
5-10	Working on projects
11	Working on draft Report	Part of report draft due
12	Testing, Experiments, and Data Analysis	Part of report draft due
13	Working on the project report	Report first draft due
14	Presentations	Report second draft due
15	Presentations	Report final version due

Grading

The following is a standard the letter grade schema we will use in this class. Notice that as a graduate student, you need to have overall grade average above B to be certified for graduation.

Total Point x	Letter Grade
93 <= x	A
90 <= x < 93	A-
87 <= x < 90	B+
83 <= x < 87	B
80 <= x < 83	B-
77 <= x < 80	C+
73 <= x < 77	C
70 <= x < 73	C-
60 <= x < 70	D
x < 60	F

The following is a total point break down:

Assignments		Maximum points
Report		80
	Abstract	5
	Literature review	10
	Project plan	10
	Project implementation	20
	Project testing/experiments	20
	Data analysis	10
	References	5
Classroom participation		10
	Discussions	5
	Attendance	5
Presentation		10
	Oral	5
	Poster	5
Bonus Points	Project originality	20
Total points:		120

Notes

Cheating Policy: Please review the RIT Student Academic Integrity policy on cheating as described at here

Finally... Any or all of the previous information on this web page is subject to change or modification during the semester.