Security Economics Spring 2017 Course Schedule

Assignments are due at 12:30pm on the specified due date.

Readings and videos must be reviewed before class on the specified date. Quizzes for videos and readings must be submitted through Harvey before class begins.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
09Jan
10Jan

Course Overview
11Jan
12Jan

Introducing Information Security I

Video

Reading (sec. 1-2)
13Jan
16Jan
17Jan

Paper Review (Anderson)

Introducing Information Security: Defenses

Video 1

Video 2

Introducing Information Security: Threats

Video 3
18Jan
19Jan

Intro to Economics: Rational Choice Theory

Reading

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4
20Jan
23Jan
24Jan

Guest Lecture: Jono Spring, UCL

Slides
25Jan
26Jan

Paper Review (Edelman)

Market Failures

Video 1

Policy Interventions

Video 2
27Jan
30Jan
31Jan

Security Metrics

Reading (through 1.3)

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4
01Feb
02Feb

Intro to R

Video

R code

R code (w/ soln.)

HW1 due
03Feb
06Feb
07Feb

Security Investment Models

Video 1

Video 2

Reading (1.4-1.5)
08Feb
09Feb

Optimal Filter Model

Reading (Section 2)

Video
10Feb
13Feb
14Feb

[R screencast]

[R code]

Risk Management and Frameworks
15Feb
16Feb

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Reading 1

Reading 2

HW2 due
17Feb
20Feb
21Feb

Cybercrime I
22Feb
23Feb

Bruce Schneier
24Feb
27Feb
28Feb

Cybercrime II

Reading

Reading
01Mar
02Mar

Paper Review (Levchenko)
03Mar
06Mar
07Mar

Data Exploration

[R screencast: Intro to Data Exploration]

[R screencast: One Numerical Variable]

[R code (part 1)]
08Mar
09Mar
10Mar
13Mar
14Mar
15Mar
16Mar
17Mar
20Mar
21Mar

[R screencast: One Numerical Variable and One Categorical Variable]

[R screencast: One or Two Categorical Variables]
22Mar
23Mar

[R code (part 2)]

[R screencast: Combining Datasets]

[R code]
24Mar
27Mar
28Mar

[R starter code for in-class exercise]

[Data for in-class exercise]
29Mar
30Mar
31Mar

HW4 due
03Apr
04Apr

Paper Review (Van Eeten)

Case-Control Studies
05Apr
06Apr

Regression
07Apr
10Apr
11Apr

Paper Review (Thonnard)

Survival Analysis
12Apr
13Apr

Project Lab Day
14Apr
17Apr
18Apr

Paper Review (Mazurek)
19Apr
20Apr
21Apr
24Apr
25Apr
26Apr
27Apr
28Apr
01May
02May
03May
04May
05May