IA Class Presentation Guidelines

Over the course of the semester, we will be reading material from the Securitynews and RISKS mailing lists as well as from http://reddit.com/r/netsec. The purpose of this is for you to be aware of and understand the current state of information assurance and to gain an understanding of common vulnerabilites.

To this end, each student will choose a date to present a technically focused topic of their choice from a recent RISKS or InfoSec item. You may also choose a historical item or something from other media if it strikes you as interesting and relevant, but you need to get permission from me ahead of time. Please feel free to talk to me ahead of time if you have questions or concerns about presenting.

For the presentation, I will expect you to spend about 3-4 minutes on:

  • What the problem is
  • What security design principles were violated, if any
  • What could have prevented it
  • What can be done to work around it
  • What can be done to prevent it from occurring in the future
Note that this is very general and that you should feel free to change or expand it as necessary for the topic you choose. A presentation that shows problems in code is a real winner.

Piazza Entry

After you have completed your presentation, you will complete a short written description of the material in your presentation and post it on Piazza for everyone in the class to see and review. This is due within five days of your presentation. Use the "presentation" tag on your post to make it easy for people to find.

Schedule for Presentations

Ya gotta show up.
Date Presenter Presentation Title