| Date | Topic |
| Jan. 22 | Course outline and Questionnaire |
| Jan. 24 | Definitions of security |
| Jan. 29 | Public key cryptography |
| Jan. 31 | Secure Hash Functions |
| Feb. 5 | Public key infrastructure |
| Feb. 7 | Passwords |
| Feb. 12 | Cookies |
| Feb. 14 | Stream cipher |
| Feb. 19 | Wireless security (WEP) Caffe Latte attack and YouTube video |
| Feb. 21 | 802.11i |
| Feb. 26 | Spam filtering |
| Feb. 28 | Symmetric cryptography |
| Mar. 4 | Symmetric cryptography and Single Sign-on, Slides, with annotation |
| Mar. 6 | Graphical passwords and biometrics, Slides, with annotation |
| Mar. 11 | CAPTCHA, Slides with annotation |
| Mar. 13 | RF ID, Slides |
| Mar. 18 and 20 | Spring break |
| Mar. 25 | Midterm |
| Mar. 27 | IPSec, Slides, with annotation |
| Apr. 1,3 | IKE (Internet Key Exchange), Slides, with annotation |
| Apr. 8 | SSL/TLS, Slides, with annotation |
| Apr. 10 | Denial of Service, Slides, with annotation |
| Apr. 15 | Firewalls, Slides, with annotation |
| Apr. 17 | Anonymity, Slides |
| Apr. 22 | Buffer Overflow Exploits, Slides, with annotation |
| Apr. 24 | Malicious software, Slides, with annotation |