ITIS 3200: Introduction to Information Security and Privacy

Resources

Text books

A number of excellent books and on-line resources overlap with the course's content and can provide alternate explanations despite differences in notation and approach.

• Security Engineering by Ross Anderson
  
• Cryptography Engineering by Ferguson, Schneier, and Kohno
• Introduction to Computer Security by Matt Bishop
• Computer Security: Principles and Practice by William Stallings
• Computer Security: Art and Science by Matt Bishop
• Security in Computing by Charles P. Pfleeger
• Introduction to Computer Security by Michael Goodrich and Roberto Tamassia
• Computer Security, a freely available course textbook from UC Berkeley.

Pointers of online security courses

• Course materials, e.g., slides, HW, and projects, of CS161: Computer Security from UC Berkeley. Its textbook is also available online.
• Video lectures on CS253: Web Security from Stanford.
• Video lectures on 6.858: System Security from MIT.