COSC 511 Information Warfare
Terrorism, Crime, and National Security

Fall 2000

Prof. Dorothy E. Denning

Description of course
Course requirements

Schedule and Readings

Overview of Information Warfare
September 11: Introduction to Course and Offensive and Defensive IW

Offensive IW Methods and Incidents
September 18: Open Sources, Privacy, and Intellectual Property Rights
September 25: Psyops and Perception Management
October 2: Espionage and Signals Intelligence
October 16: Computer Hacking
October 23: Cybercrime, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism

Defensive IW Methods
October 30: Information Security Technologies
November 6: Information Assurance

National and International Security Issues
November 13: National Security Threats
November 27: National Cyber Defense Policy (no class November 20)
December 4: International Policies, Laws, and Ethics


Other Resources
Georgetown Essays in Information Warfare -- student essays
More On-Line Readings
Denning's Home page: http://www.cs.georgetown.edu/~denning/