COSC 511 Information Warfare
Terrorism, Crime, and National Security

Spring 2001

Prof. Dorothy E. Denning

Description of course
Course requirements

Schedule and Readings

Overview of Information Warfare
January 22: Introduction to Course and Offensive and Defensive IW

Offensive Information Warfare
January 29: Open Sources, Privacy, and Intellectual Property Rights
February 5: Psyops and Perception Management
February 12: Espionage and Signals Intelligence
February 26: Computer Hacking
March 12: Cybercrime, Hacktivism, and Cyberterrorism

Defensive Information Warfare
March 19: Intrusion Detection, Incident Handling, and Forensics
March 26: Cryptography and Authentication
April 2: Information Security

National and International Security Issues
April 9: National Cyber Defense
April 30: 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/