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LIS 640
Syllabus
Schedule
Week 1
Cybersecurity Background
Intro to Class
What is Cybersecurity?
Week 2
The Cybersecurity Ecosystem
Ecosystem Thinking
Actors and Motivations
Security Incident Case
Week 3
Think Like a Hacker
Kobayashi Maru Exam
Mirai
Week 4
Heuristic and Biases
Individual Cybersecurity Decisions
Microsoft Email Breach
Week 5
Misaligned Incentives
Incentive Alignment
Solarwinds
Week 6
Information Asymmetry
Solving Information Asymmetry
Yondr Phone Pouches
Week 7
Externalities
Externalities
Blackcat and UnitedHealth
Week 8
System Reliability
Strategic Incentives
Not Petya
Week 9
Lying and Signaling
Signalling
Social Science Analysis
Week 10
At-Risk Populations
Cybersecurity Policy
Twitter Advertising Bitcoin
Spring Break
Spring Break
Spring Break
Spring Break
Week 11
Vulnerabilities
Pricing Vulnerabilities
Uber Breach
Week 12
Security Products
Policy for Routers
Policy Analysis
Week 13
Phishing
Phishing and Fraud
MGM
Week 14
Is More Security Better?
Cybersecurity is Bullshit
Semester Review
Finals Week
Final Paper: Recent Incident
Cyber Incidents
Schedule
Spring Break
Spring Break
Spring Break Studio:
Spring Break