CSE 551 Introduction to Information Security

- All the homework should be typed and submitted in hardcopy in class-

- Homework 1 (5 points)

Due Oct. 6 (Thursday), 2011, in class

• Surf the Internet to find out two threats or attacks on mobile handhelds (including mobile phones, PDAs and gaming consoles etc), and describe them. Limit your answers within 500 words for each threat or attack.

- Homework 2 (5 points)

Due Nov. 3 (Thursday), 2011, in class

• Describe how outsourcing can be used for risk transference and the issues that may arise.

• Surf the Internet to find out popular VPN products on the market.

- Homework 3 (5 points)

Due Dec. 1 (Thursday), 2011, in class

• List the two best student project presentations of this course you think, and tell the reasons (in < 100 words) (2 points)

• Comment on the E-Shadow work, J. Teng etc. E-Shadow: Lubricating Social Interaction using Mobile Phones, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), June 2011 [Slides], and tell whether you would use E-shadow on your phone assume there is such free software available. (3 points)