COSC 511 Information Warfare:

Terrorism, Crime, and National Security

Fall 1999

Prof. Dorothy E. Denning

Description of course
Course requirements

Schedule and Readings

Overview of Information Warfare
September 13: Introduction to Course and Offensive and Defensive IW
September 20: Playgrounds to Battlegrounds: IW in Action

Offensive IW Methods and Incidents
September 27: Open Sources, PSYOPS and Perception Management
October 4: Espionage, Signals Intelligence, Telecom Fraud and Sabotage
October 18: Computer Break-ins, Hacking, Masquerading, Cyberplagues

Defensive IW Methods
October 25: Secrecy and Authentication
November 1: Monitors, Gatekeepers, Risk Management, Incident Handling

National and International Security Issues
November 8: Cyberterrorists and National Security Threats
November 15: Defensive IW Policies and Programs
November 22: Encryption Policy
November 29: International Policies, Laws, and Ethics
December 6: Wrapup


Georgetown Essays in Information Warfare -- student essays
More On-Line Readings
See also http://www.cs.georgetown.edu/~denning/infosec/index.html