Syllabus

Course Code: OE Elective-III OE-CS-402    Course Name: Cyber Security

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Introduction: Fundamentals of Cyber Crime, Types of Cyber Crime: crime against individual, Crime against property, Cyber extortion, Drug trafficking, cyber terrorism. Cybercrime issues. Cryptanalysis – steganography - stream and block ciphers - Modern Block Ciphers: Block ciphers principals - Shannon’s theory of confusion and diffusion - fiestal structure - data encryption standard (DES) - strength of DES - differential and linear crypt analysis of DES - block cipher modes of operations - triple DES – AES.
2 Integrity checks and Authentication algorithms MD5 message digest algorithm - Secure hash algorithm (SHA) Digital Signatures: Digital Signatures - authentication protocols - digital signature standards (DSS) - proof of digital signature algorithm - Authentication Applications: Kerberos and X.509 - directory authentication service - electronic mail security-pretty good privacy (PGP) - S/MIME.
3 Introduction to cyber-attacks: passive attacks, active attacks.
Cyber-crime prevention methods, Application security (Database, E-mail and Internet), Data Security Considerations-Backups, Archival Storage and Disposal of Data, Security Technology Firewall and VPNs, Intrusion Detection, Access Control ,OS Security. Web Security: Secure socket layer and transport layer security - secure electronic transaction (SET) - System Security: Intruders - Viruses and related threads - firewall design principals – trusted systems.
4 Digital Forensics: Introduction to Digital Forensics, historical background of digital forensics, Forensic Software and Hardware, need for computer forensics science, special tools and techniques digital forensic life cycle, challenges in digital forensic.
Law Perspective: Introduction to the Legal Perspectives of Cybercrimes and Cyber security, Cybercrime and the Legal Landscape around the World, Why Do We Need Cyber laws, The Indian IT Act, Cybercrime Scenario in India, Cybercrime and Punishment.
IP Security: Architecture - Authentication header - Encapsulating security payloads - combining security associations - key management.
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