95-803 Information Warfare	

This course is concerned with strategy and tactics as applied to the defense of information. The focus of the course is defending computer networks and hosts against attack, including both recognition and response to attacks.

Course website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/95-803/
	
Course Hours	Instructor	

Lecture:           Thursday 
                        5:30pm-8:20pm HBH 1000
Laboratory:     No formal laboratory
	
Tim Shimeall (tjs@cert.org)
412-268-7611
Office Hours by Appointment

Text	
Required:	Optional:	
The Art of War, http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.1b.txt 
	The Art of War, Sun Tzu (Griffith Translation), Oxford Press, 1963, ISBN 0-19-501476-6. 
Know Your Enemy, Honeynet Project, Addison Wesley, Second Edition, 2004, ISBN 0-321-16646-9.	
Grading	
                          Final Paper       - 60%      
                          Homework        - 40%      (2 graded assignments)	
Policies	

You are encouraged to study together, however all student homework and submitted papers are expected to be the product of individual effort unless otherwise specified. Plagiarism will be dealt with according to the CMU plagiarism policy. All e-mail submission of homework and papers will be acknowledged by the instructor soon after receipt. E-mail submission must occur prior to the due date or a grading penalty will be assessed. 	

	Topics by Week and Reading Assignments

Week	Reading	Topic	
1	Sun: Estimates/Laying Plans
Enemy: Chapter 1	Introduction, Preparing for Conflict 	
2	Enemy: Chapters 16-17
Sun: Waging War, Offensive Strategy/Attack by Strategem	Strategies 
	
3	Sun: Dispositions and Energy
Enemy: Chapters 2-7	Defensive Technology
	
4	Sun: Weaknesses and Strengths/Weak Points and Strong
Enemy: Chapter 16	Understanding Attackers
Homework 1 due 	
5	Enemy: Chapter 9-13
Sun: Secret Agents	Recognizing Attacks	
6		Physical and Cyber Attacks	
7		The Future of Information Warfare
Homework 2 due	
5/7/11		Papers Due