Secure Architectures and Systems

class: center, middle

### Secure Computer Architecture and Systems
***
# Logistics

---
# Unit Organisation

Unit divided into 2 main parts:

- **Part 1: Systems Software Security**
  - Instructor: Dr. Pierre Olivier
  - From now to mid-November
      - Last lecture with Pierre on 13/11
--
- **Part 2: Hardware Security**
  - Instructor: Prof. John Goodacre
  - From mid-November to the end of the semester
      - First lecture with John on 20/11

---
# Unit Organisation

---
# Unit Organisation

1. **Lecture materials**
  - **Live lecture** every Thursday 10am-11am (part 1 with Pierre) or 10am-12pm (part 2 with John) in Mansfield Cooper Building G19
  - A set of **videos** to watch every week after the lecture (part 1 only)

--
2. **Formative assessment** (not graded)
  - 1 **quiz**/week to validate your understanding of the lecture materials

--
3. **Summative assessment** (marked)
  - 4 lab exercises to be done on your personal machine
  - No lab sessions timetabled

--
4. **Office hours**
  - Every Thursday 3pm in Pierre's office (IT 415, part 1) and John's office (IT 411)

--
5. **Final exam:** 70%/30% final mark exam/coursework split

---
# Unit Canvas Page

.center[
https://canvas.manchester.ac.uk/courses/45983
]

- **Everything** is accessible from there
 - Schedule (what to do each week)
 - Lecture recordings, videos, slides
 - Quizzes
 - Lab exercise briefs
 - Discussion boards
 - Reading list

---
# Required Software Setup

- All programming exercises should be done in a Linux 🐧x86-64 (Intel CPU) environment
- Several solutions, listed on the "required setup" page of the first lab exercise:
  - https://olivierpierre.github.io/comp60261/lab1/02-required-setup.html

.center[
**Make sure you have your setup up and running (e.g. VM installed + up and running) this week!**
]

---
# Code Snippets in Lecture Materials

- Videos and slides used in live lecture and videos available from Canvas
- When watching videos/attending lecture, **access the slides for code examples you can run on locally/in your browser:**

```c
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    printf("hello, world!\n");
    return 0;
}
```
.codelink[<a href="src/hello-world.c" download>`00-logistics/hello-world.c`</a>  <a href="https://github.com/olivierpierre/comp60261-devcontainer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none"><img src="include/gh-logo.svg" style="height: 1em"></a>]

- Sometimes there is not enough space on a slide to put a fully compilable program
  - Might omit e.g., library inclusion and error checking code
  - **The downloadable versions are always fully working examples**

---
# Lab Exercises

- **4 lab exercises** total (3 for part 1, 1 part 2)
- Unit mark split: **70% exam, 30% coursework**
  - Each lab exercise counts for 25% of the coursework mark
- For part 1: start working on each exercise **2 weeks ahead of the deadline at the latest**

--
# Quizzes
- A small quiz to complete on Canvas each week, after having seen all the lecture materials
  - Formative (unmarked)

---
# Part 1: How to Get Help?

- Any questions? In increasing order or urgency:
  - Step 1: come to the next support session
  - Step 2: discussion boards on Blackboard
      - Do not post answers there!
  - Step 3 (**only if urgent:** pierre.olivier@manchester.ac.uk)