CYBR 171 2023 - Schedule of lectures, tutorials and tests
Video recordings of lectures will be available through Nuku (browse to CYBR171 in Nuku and click on "VStream Videos" in the course menu) See the TimeTable for times and locations of lectures, labs, and tutorials. Handouts and links to the Nuku videos are below.| Lecture | Date | Title | Slides | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week #1: Intro and key concepts | ||||
| 1 | 27 Feb 2023 | Introduction to the course | (pdf) | video |
| 2 | 28 Feb 2023 | Key Concepts | (pdf) | video |
| 3 | 02 Mar 2023 | Recap and Class rep. election | (pdf) | video |
| Week #2: Classical Cryptography | ||||
| 4 | 06 Mar 2023 | Classical cryptography I - Key length | (pdf) | video |
| 5 | 07 Mar 2023 | Classical cryptography II - Caesar cipher, Viginere cipher, One-time pad, What is perfect security. Frequency Analysis |
(pdf) (pdf) |
video video |
| 6 | 09 Mar 2023 | Modern cryptography I - Data representation, DES and AES, Blowfish, Convert UTF8 to binary, Electronic code book, CTF 101 - what is XOR?, XOR calculator online. | (pdf) | video |
| Week #3: Modern Cryptography | ||||
| 7 | 13 Mar 2023 | Modern cryptography II - Diffie–Hellman key exchange | (pdf) | video |
| 8 | 14 Mar 2023 | Modern cryptography III - RSA and quantum computing What is RSA (with a mathematical example) |
(pdf) | video |
| 9 | 16 Mar 2023 | Guest lecture (Jonathan Reichental)—Blockchain | (pdf) | video |
| Week #4: Authentication | ||||
| 10 | 20 Mar 2023 | Authentication I - Passwords and Tokens (hardware) | (pdf) | video |
| 11 | 21 Mar 2023 | Authentication II - Tokens (software) and Biometric Understanding biometrics Hacking fingerprints Police facial recognition discrimination against Māori a matter of time - expert |
(pdf) | video |
| 12 | 23 Mar 2023 | Guest Lecture (Andy Prow)— TBA | (pdf) | video |
| Week #5: Malware and Anti-malware | ||||
| 13 | 27 Mar 2023 | Malware | (pdf) | video |
| 14 | 28 Mar 2023 | Anti-Malware | (pdf) | video |
| 15 | 30 Mar 2023 | Guest Lecture (Nigel Bates) -TBA |
(pdf) | video |
| Week #6: Network security threats | ||||
| 16 | 03 Apr 2023 | Networks | (pdf) | video |
| 17 | 04 Apr 2023 | Network security: Why is the internet insecure? | (pdf) | video Second half |
| 18 | 06 Apr 2023 | Guest Lecture (BNZ-cybersecurity team)-Introduction to Cyber Security at BNZ | (pdf) | video |
| MID TRIMESTER BREAK (10—23 April) | ||||
| Week #7: Websecurity and Recap | ||||
| 19 | 24 Apr 2023 | Websecurity 1(A) Websecurity 1(B) |
(pdf) | video (A) video (B) |
| 20 | 25 Apr 2023 | Websecurity 2 (Anzac Day (public holiday)) | (pdf) | video demo |
| 21 | 27 Apr 2023 | Recap (Test 1) | (pdf) | video |
| Week #8: Network Security Defences | ||||
| 22 | 01 May 2023 | Network security: Firewalls | (pdf) | video |
| TEST #1 - 01 May 2023 at 5:30 pm in-person (based on surname: MCLT101, MCLT103, and KKLT303) | ||||
| 23 | 02 May 2023 | Network security: IDS and Honeypots | (pdf) | video |
| 24 | 04 May 2023 | Demonstration | (pdf) | video |
| Week #9: Social engineering | ||||
| 25 | 08 May 2023 | What is social engineering? | (pdf) | video |
| 26 | 09 May 2023 | Why does social engineering work? | (pdf) | video |
| 27 | 11 May 2023 | Guest lecture (Sam Leggett) - CERT NZ | (pdf) | video |
| Week #10: Physical protection | ||||
| 28 | 15 May 2023 | Protection Models | (pdf) | video |
| 29 | 16 May 2023 | Physical Security | (pdf) | video |
| 30 | 17 May 2023 | Guest lecture (Ben Creet) - Crimes Act and Coordinated Disclosure | (pdf) | video |
| 31 | 18 May 2023 | Guest lecture (Tim Sweet) - Breaking into Cybersecurity | (pdf) | video |
| Week #11: Ethics and Incident response | ||||
| 32 | 22 May 2023 | Ethics and Legal | (pdf) | video |
| 33 | 23 May 2023 | Incident response | (pdf) | video |
| 34 | 25 May 2023 | Guest lecture (Isabella Riddell-Garner) - Incident Response in Action | (pdf) | video |
| Week #12: Forensics | ||||
| 35 | 29 May 2023 | Digital forensics | (pdf) | video |
| 36 | 30 May 2023 | Guest lecture (Rory Wagner and Rhys Jenkins) Forensics | (pdf) | video |
| 37 | 01 Jun 2023 | Recap (Test2) | (pdf) | video |
| STUDY/EXAM PERIOD (05—24 June) | ||||
| TEST 2 - 09 June 2023 at 9:30 am in-person (Different rooms based on surname) | ||||