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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
Microsoft Email Breach
Week 4
Heuristic and Biases
Individual Cybersecurity Decisions
Oktapus
Week 5
At-Risk Populations
Security for Everyone
Twitter Advertising Bitcoin
Week 6
Misaligned Incentives and Cyber-Insurance
Strategic Incentives
Mirai
Week 7
Externalities, lock-in, and public goods
Externalities
Solarwinds
Week 8
Information Asymmetry
Solving Information Asymmetry
Not Petya
Week 9
Policy
Cybersecurity Policy
No Class
; instructor away
Policy Analysis
Spring Break
Spring Break
Spring Break
Spring Break
Week 10
Vulnerability Pricing
Pricing Vulnerabilities
Uber Breach
Week 11
AI
No Class
; instructor away
Generative AI
Generative AI and Cyber
Week 12
Lying
Signalling
Blackcat and UnitedHealth
Week 13
Phishing
Phishing and Fraud
MGM
Week 14
Is More Security Better?
Semester Review
Cybersecurity is Bullshit
Finals Week
Final Paper: Recent Incident
Schedule
Week 3
Readings and/or Assignment:
Think Like a Hacker
Lab:
Kobayashi Maru Exam
Studio:
Microsoft Email Breach
(Note: Readings and assignments are due *before* class for this week.)