The program aims at moulding the student into an Information Security professional. Practicing industry professionals and enterprise experts with little or no knowledge in Cyber Security too, can benefit from the course.
The program provides a good blend of theory and industry practices. Necessary theoretical background, insights into general and technical aspects of Cyber Security, analytical methods and management practices in the field of Cyber Security are the areas that are covered in details.
The program spans four semesters of study.
Board of Studies
- Prof. R.K. Shyamasundar, Senior Professor Faculty of Technology & Computer Science Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
- Prof. C.E. Veni Madhavan, Professor, Dept. of CSA, IISc Bangalore
- Prof. S.V. Raghavan, Professor, Dept. of CSE, IIT, Chennai
- Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Sr. Manager,Next Generation Systems and Smarter Planet solutions,IBM Research, Bangalore, India
Advisory Board
- Dr. Bharath Jayaraman, Chairman, CSE Dept. SUNY-Buffalo
- Dr. Shakthi Subramanian, Director, Intrusion Detection Division, McAfee, USA
- Dr. Shambu Upadhyaya, Director, Information Assurance Center, SUNY-Buffalo
- Dr. Ravi Mittal, VP, Core Services and Protocols, Nokia
- P. Prabhakaran, Information Security Architect, Verisign, USA
- Jayakumar M, University of Phoenix, Platform Architect
M. Tech. ( Cyber Security )
This M.Tech course is of four semesters. It provides a good blend of theory and industrial practice; necessary theoretical background, insight into general and technical aspects of Cyber Security, analytical methods and management practices in the field of Cyber Security are the areas receiving detailed attention. It aims at moulding the student into an Information Security professional. Practicing industry professionals and enterprise experts with little or no knowledge in Cyber Security too can be benefited from the course.
First Semester
| Code | Subject |
L T P |
Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| CY 601 |
Discrete Mathematics | 4 0 0 |
4 |
| CY 602 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 3 0 1 |
4 |
| CY 603 | Data Mining and Machine Learning | 2 0 1 |
3 |
| CY 651 | Internetworking-Protocols and Security | 2 0 1 |
3 |
| CY 652 | Cryptography | 3 0 1 |
4 |
| HU 601 | Cultural Education * | P/F |
* Non-Credit Course
Second Semester
| Code | Subject |
L T P |
Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| CY 653 | Cryptographic Protocols and Standards | 3 0 1 |
4 |
| CY 654 | Database Security | 3 0 1 |
4 |
| CY 604 | Programming Languages and Operating System | 3 0 1 |
4 |
| CY 605 | Pattern Recognition for Computer Security | 2 0 1 |
3 |
| Elective I | 3 0 1 |
4 |
Third Semester
| Code | Subject |
L T P |
Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elective II |
3 0 1 |
4 |
|
| Elective III | 2 0 1 |
3 |
|
| Elective IV | 2 0 1 |
3 |
|
| Elective V | 3 0 1 |
4 |
|
| Minor Project | 4 |
Fourth Semester
| Code | Subject |
L T P |
Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| CY 799 | Dissertation |
10 |
List of Courses
Foundation Core
| Code | Subject |
L T P |
Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| CY 601 | Discrete Mathematics |
4 0 0 | 4 |
| CY 602 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 3 0 1 | 4 |
| CY 603 | Data Mining and Machine Learning | 2 0 1 | 3 |
| CY 604 | Programming Languages and Operating System | 3 0 1 | 4 |
| CY 605 | Pattern Recognition for Computer Security | 2 0 1 | 3 |
Subject Core
| Code | Subject |
L T P |
Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| CY 651 | Internetworking - Protocols and Security | 2 0 1 | 3 |
| CY 652 | Cryptography | 3 0 1 | 4 |
| CY 653 | Cryptographic Protocols and Standards | 3 0 1 | 4 |
| CY 654 | Database Security | 3 0 1 | 4 |
Electives
| Code | Subject |
L T P |
Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elective I | |||
| CY 701 | Mobile & Wireless Networks and Security | 3 0 1 | 4 |
| CY 702 | Complexity Theoretic Cryptography | 3 0 1 | 4 |
| CY 703 | Image Processing | 3 0 1 | 4 |
| Elective II | |||
| CY 704 | Network Security | 3 0 1 | 4 |
| CY 705 | Digital Forensics | 3 0 1 | 4 |
| CY 706 | Information Theory and Coding | 3 0 1 | 4 |
| Elective III | |||
| CY 707 | Information Hiding | 2 0 1 | 3 |
| CY 708 | Information Security and Risk Management | 2 0 1 | 3 |
| CY 709 | Principles of Security Engineering | 2 0 1 | 3 |
| Elective IV | |||
| CY 710 | Biometrics |
2 0 1 | 3 |
| CY 711 | Security in the Enterprise |
2 0 1 | 3 |
| CY 712 | Digital Watermarking |
2 0 1 | 3 |
| CY 713 | HDL and Cryptographic Applications |
2 0 1 | 3 |
| Elective V | |||
| CY 714 | Cryptographic Boolean Functions |
3 0 1 | 4 |
| CY 715 | Cryptanalysis |
3 0 1 | 4 |
| CY 716 | Logical Foundations for Access Control |
3 0 1 | 4 |
Dissertation
| Code | Subject |
L T P |
Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| CY 798 |
Minor Project |
4 | |
| CY 799 | Dissertation |
10 |
Student Exchanges
Every year students get opportunity to spend the last semester in a European University. This is fully funded including the travel and stay. Below are the list of student who benefited from the scholarship program
| Year | Student | University | Project |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2011 |
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Politecnico di Torino, Italy | Working on Multihoming security and Analysis of Host Identity protocol |
| 2010-2011 |
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Politecnico di Torino, Italy | Secure database via Distributed Source Coding of SIFT descriptors |
| 2009-2010 |
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University of Paderborn, Germany | A Feasibility Check for Geographical Cluster Based Routing under Inaccurate Node Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks |
| 2008-2009 | Ajmal S | Vrije University, Amsterdam | |
| 2008-2009 | Deepa Pavithran | Vrije University, Amsterdam | Implemented a security protocol that gives clients the ability to enforce privacy and confidentiality over an http communication. |
| 2008-2009 | Smitha T V | Vrije University, Amsterdam | |
| 2007-2008 |
Mathew Joseph |
University of Trento, Italy | Design and Implementation of ephemerizer system |
| 2007-2008 |
Sreejith K.S |
University of Trento, Italy | Implementation of UCON (usage control) model within Trishul Framework |
| 2007-2008 |
Arun Prasad Mohan |
University of Trento, Italy | Implementation of UCON (usage control) model within Trishul Framework |
Abinaya N
Athira Nambiar
Ranjith Pillay
Sponsored Projects taken up by Faculty at Ettimadai
- Project titled "Development of Fast and Effective Cryptographic Techniques", sponsored by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) (successfully completed).
- Project titled "Analysis of Word based Stream Ciphers", sponsored by Advanced Data Processing and Research Institute (ADRIN, ISRO) concentrates on the assessment of the quality of multisequence for word based stream ciphers. (Successfully completed)
- Project titled "Fast implementation of Finite Field Arithmetic for Elliptic Curve Cryptography", sponsored by National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) addresses various VLSI design related issues with a special focus on low area and low power implementation of the finite filed arithmetic
- Project titled "Design and analysis of cryptographically secure pseudorandom number Generators", sponsored by Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), concentrates on fast generation of cryptographically secure pseudorandom numbers.
- Project titled "Error Linear Complexity Measures for Multisequences" (Sponsored by Advanced Data Processing Research Institute (ADRIN)) concentrates on the analysis of the k-error linear complexity of multisequences.
- Project titled "Genetic - Fuzzy based classifier system for the recognition of cipher bit stream from different sources" (Sponsored by Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)) Concentrates on the cipher bit stream classifications.
- Project titled "Relevance of Operating System Kernel Data in Host Based Intrusion Detection and Correlation" (Sponsored by ADRIN)
Students Projects
- Nagarajan. S, Final Year M.Tech VLSI, completed a project on " Hardware Implementation of Dragon: A word based stream cipher" july, 2008
- Rahul.R.Pi, final year B.Tech Comp. Sci. "Smart Home a cost effective solution using FPGA"
- Bala Subramanian and Sandeep of Final Year B.Tech completed project on "VoIP Secure Communication Protocol satisfying Backward Compatibility".
- Bindhu and Meenal Purohit of Final Year B.Tech doing project on "Anomaly Based Antivirus".
- Muhmad Azith of Final Year B.Tech doing project on "Provisioning of SIP Based User Agent in a Service Level Objective (SLO) framework" in collaboration with Wipro Technologies Ltd.
- Bindhu and Meenal Purohit of Final Year B.Tech doing project on "IPS implementation" using Open Source tools.
- Gaurav, Final year B.Tech ECE completed a project on "Efficient Finite Field Digit Serial Multiplier Architecture for Elliptic Curve Cryptography"
- Deepankar Borro, Final year B.Tech completed a project on "Implementation of an ISP-hosted nearest neighbor selection Web Server"
- Binit Singh Bhatia, Final year B.Tech completed a project on "Deployment and Experimentation of Nearest Neighbor Discovery Scheme (The Oracle) for distributed systems in PlanetLab"
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Eligibility
BE/B Tech in CSE/IT/ECE or equivalent with a minimum of 60% in the qualifying examination.
Selection Procedure
Candidates are selected, based on performance in the entrance test conducted by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, academic merit and interview. Candidates with valid GATE score are exempted from entrance test.
For Further Details Contact,
The Admission Coordinator
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Amrita School of Engineering
Ettimadai P.O. Coimbatore - 641 105, Tamilnadu.
Phone: (0422) 2685000
Fax: (0422) 2656274
E-mail: admissions(at)amrita.edu