Module: Introduction

This module contains an introduction to the course.

Lectures

Here is the introductory lecture. It was recorded in Fall 2020, and subsequent ones have been done in the live sessions, so it remains the best version to start with!

• What is Computer Systems Security? (slides here)

The following live “extended Q&As” are associated with this module:

• Extended Q&A 8/19/2021

Practice Problems

There are no practice problems for this module!

Further Reading

• An awesome intro series that covers some of the fundamentals from LiveOverflow.
• Phineas Fisher’s writeup of the hacking team disclosure (discussed in the What is Computer Systems Security video). Originally posted on pastebin by Phineas Fisher, but since removed.
• Some more (mirrored) writeups from Phineas Fisher, for the curious.