COMP60261 Secure Computer Architecture and Systems Part 1: Lecture Slides

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Instructor: Pierre Olivier

📑 Lecture Notes & Slides

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

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

Week 2: Memory Safety

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

Week 3: Operating Systems Part 1

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

Week 4: Operating Systems Part 2

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

Week 5: Software Compartmentalisation

22. Software Compartmentalisation: Introduction Slides Lecture notes
23. Compartmentalisation and Interfaces Slides Lecture notes
24. Compartmentalisation Policies Slides Lecture notes
25. Compartmentalisation Abstractions Slides Lecture notes
26. Compartmentalisation Mechanisms Slides Lecture notes

Week 6: Virtualisation

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

Week 11: Exam Preparation

32. Towards the Exam Slides TBD

🧪 Lab Exercises

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