COMP60261 Secure Computer Architecture and Systems Part 1: Lecture Slides

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Instructor: Pierre Olivier

📑 Lecture Slides

Week 1: Logistics, General Concepts, and the C Language

• 0. Logistics
• 1. Core Concepts
• 2. C: Introduction
• 3. C: Pointers
• 4. C: Dynamic Memory Allocation
• 5. C: The Standard Library

Week 2: Memory Safety

• 6. Anatomy of a Program in Memory
• 7. Memory Safety
• 8. Exploiting Vulnerabilities Part 1
• 9. Exploiting Vulnerabilities Part 2
• 10. Secure Coding Practices, Detecting Bugs
• 11. Runtime Defences

Week 3: Operating Systems Part 1

• 12. Operating Systems: Introduction
• 13. OS: Basic Practical Aspects
• 14. OS: Process Management
• 15. OS: Scheduling
• 16. OS: Memory Management

Week 4: Operating Systems Part 2

• 17. OS: Storage and Network
• 18. OS: Security Aspects Part 1
• 19. OS: Security Aspects Part 2
• 20. Trusted Execution Environments
• 21. OS Models and Security

Week 5: Software Compartmentalisation

• 22. Software Compartmentalisation: Introduction
• 23. Compartmentalisation and Interfaces
• 24. Compartmentalisation Policies
• 25. Compartmentalisation Abstractions
• 26. Compartmentalisation Mechanisms

Week 6: Virtualisation

• 27. Virtualisation: Introduction
• 28. The Theory of Virtualisation
• 29. CPU and Memory Virtualisation
• 30. IO Virtualisation
• 31. Lightweight Virtualisation

🧪 Lab Exercises

• Lab Exercise 1: Authentication
• Lab Exercise 2: Memory Safety
• Lab Exercise 3: Software Compartmentalisation

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