Usable Security and Privacy (ECE750 T38)

Welcome to Usable Security and Privacy.

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Schedule

The course is delivered in lectures twice a week, see the Syllabus for lecture date/time.

Lecture	Date	Day	Lecture Title
1	May 05	Monday	Introduction
2	May 06	Tuesday	Advertising - Security
3	May 12	Monday	Advertising - Privacy
4	May 13	Tuesday	Human in the Loop - Warnings
	May 20	Monday	Victoria Day (no class)
5	May 20	Tuesday	Communicating Securely
6	May 26	Monday	Study Design
7	May 27	Tuesday	Survey Design
8	Jun 02	Monday	Survey Design
9	Jun 03	Tuesday	Authentication
	Jun 09	Monday	TBD
	Jun 10	Tuesday	TBD
10	Jun 16	Monday	Phishing
11	Jun 17	Tuesday	Access Control
12	Jun 23	Monday	Staying Safe Online
13	Jun 24	Tuesday	Security Education
	Jun 30	Monday	Closed
	Jul 01	Tuesday	Canada Day
14	Jul 02	Wednesday	Organization Security
15	Jul 07	Monday	Privacy policies
16	Jul 08	Tuesday	Privacy policies
17	Jul 14	Monday	VPN
18	Jul 15	Tuesday	Developers
19	Jul 21	Monday	Layout and Design
20	Jul 22	Tuesday	Layout and Design
21	Jul 28	Monday	IoT and Trust
22	Jul 29	Tuesday	Revision

Assessments

The course has four types of assessments:

Textbooks

There is no required textbook for this course. The textbooks below are provided for those who wish to read further or get a more in-depth understanding of a topic.

Other useful textbooks:

Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions by Bella Martin and Bruce Hanington

Activities

Not graded: USEC students are not requried to complete the activities. They are not marked and do not impact your final grade.

Some students benefit from having access to hands-on activites that can help with better understanding technical security and privacy concepts. These activities were copied from the Computer Security ECE458 course and some outreach activities. I have tried to remove mention of grading, but appologies if there are still some grading-related wording in them.