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	5-May	Monday	Introduction
2	6-May	Tuesday	Advertising - Security
3	12-May	Monday	Advertising - Privacy
4	13-May	Tuesday	Human in the Loop - Warnings
	20-May	Monday	Victoria Day (no class)
5	20-May	Tuesday	Communicating Securely
6	26-May	Monday	Study Design
7	27-May	Tuesday	Survey Design
8	2-Jun	Monday	Survey Design
9	3-Jun	Tuesday	Authentication
	9-Jun	Monday	Canceled
	10-Jun	Tuesday	Guest speaker
10	16-Jun	Monday	Phishing
11	17-Jun	Tuesday	Phishing
12	23-Jun	Monday	Staying Safe Online
13	24-Jun	Tuesday	Security Education
	30-Jun	Monday	Closed
	1-Jul	Tuesday	Canada Day
14	2-Jul	Wednesday	Think Aloud
15	7-Jul	Monday	Canceled
16	8-Jul	Tuesday	Discuss prior exam
17	14-Jul	Monday	Privacy policies
18	15-Jul	Tuesday	Privacy policies
19	21-Jul	Monday	Layout and Design
20	22-Jul	Tuesday	Layout and Design
21	28-Jul	Monday	Access Control
22	29-Jul	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.