2024 Faculty Courses School of Computing Major courses
Attack and Defense on Cybersecurity III
- Academic unit or major
- Major courses
- Instructor(s)
- Keisuke Tanaka / Mitsuyoshi Sugaya / / /
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-8 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- XCO.T477
- Number of credits
- 110
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Cybersecurity is important for our daily lives including various types of activities. There is a growing demand for students who can be researchers and engineers capable of understanding cybersecurity.
In order to satisfy this demand, Tokyo Tech has launched Progressive Graduate Minor in Cybersecurity in April, 2016. We design the curriculum of Progressive Graduate Minor in Cybersecurity in collaboration with NRI, Rakuten, NTT, AIST, and NISC. The following six courses are organized in School of Computing: Foundation of Cybersecurity (1Q, 2-0-0), Theory of Cryptography for Cybersecurity (3Q, 2-0-0), Cybersecurity Governance (4Q, 1-1-0), Attack and Defense on Cybersecurity I (2Q, 1-1-0), Attack and Defense on Cybersecurity II (2-3Q, 1-1-0), and Attack and Defense on Cybersecurity III (4Q, 1-1-0).
This course is one of the core courses in this minor. Students will understand various attacks to Web application and their countermeasures. Also, they study the fundamentals of secure system development and operation. In addition, the students study the basic forensic methodology and techniques.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to understand:
1) the topics to build secure Web application, and
2) the right forensic and investigation.
Keywords
Web application security, computer forensic
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The class offers a standard-type of lecture and also hands-on exercise related to the topic.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Orientation, Web Application Security Fundamentals | Understand the notion of web application security. |
| Class 2 | Input/Output Validation (XSS, SQL injection, Directly Traversal, OS Command Injection) | Understand the notion of input/output validation. |
| Class 3 | User Authentication (Account Hacking, Brute Force, Password Reminder) | Understand user authentication. |
| Class 4 | Session Management (Session Hijacking, Session Fixation) | Understand the notion of session management. |
| Class 5 | Access Control (Privileges Escalation, Spoofing) | Understand the notion of access control. |
| Class 6 | Web Application Development and Security | Understand the development of web application. |
| Class 7 | Computer Forensic Overview | Understand the notion of computer forensic. |
| Class 8 | File System Fundamentals (File Structure, Binary Data, File System, FAT, NTFS, Disc Images, Encryption) | Understand the notion of file system. |
| Class 9 | Memory Forensic Fundamentals (Memory, Process, Library, Process Management Objects, Memory Images) | Understand the notion of Memory Forensic |
| Class 10 | Windows Artifact Analysis Fundamentals | Understand Windows artifact. |
| Class 11 | File Carving Fundamentals (Restoring Deleted File, Restore Functions) | Understand the notion of file carving. |
| Class 12 | Anti-Forensic (Anti-Forensic Concept, rootkit, Timestamps) | Understand the notion of anti-forensic. |
| Class 13 | Forensic Tools Fundamentals (Forensic Tools, IOC) | Understand forensic tools. |
| Class 14 | Malware Analysis Fundamentals (Malware overview, Malware Analysis Techniques) | Understand malware analysis. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class. They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Secure Eggs Series “Forensic” and “Web Application Security” (NRI SecureTechnologies)
Evaluation methods and criteria
The evaluation consists of two exams as homework assignments during the course. Instructors also give exercises in the classes.
Related courses
- XCO.T473 ： Foundation of Cybersecurity
- XCO.T474 ： Theory of Cryptography for Cybersecurity
- XCO.T478 ： Cybersecurity Governance
- XCO.T475 ： Attack and Defense on Cybersecurity I
- XCO.T476 ： Attack and Defense on Cybersecurity II
Prerequisites
Students must have successfully completed Attack and Defense on Cybersecurity I (XCO.T475), or have equivalent knowledge.
A computer will be used in this course. Bring you own PC/Mac to the lecture room.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
keisuke[at]is.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Appointment by e-mail is required.