Syllabus
PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVES Electives in Cyber Security
Unit I
Digital Signature and Authentication Schemes
Digital signature- Hash functions, properties of hash functions, digital Signature Schemes and their Variants, digital Signature Standards. Authentication – Overview, Requirements Protocols, Applications, Kerberos, X.509 Directory Services.
Unit II
E-mail and IP Security
Email Architecture, PGP, Operational Descriptions, Key management, Trust Model, S/MIME. IP Security – Overview, Architecture, ESP, AH Protocols, IPSec Modes, Security association, Key management.
Unit III
Web Security
Requirements- Secure Sockets Layer- Objectives-Layers -SSL secure communication-Protocols – Transport Level Security. Secure Electronic Transaction- Entities DS Verification-SET processing.
Objectives and Outcomes
Course Objectives
- This course will help students understand basic principles of information security.
- It also equips students with sufficient knowledge on digital signature and email security and fundamentals of web security
Course Outcomes
CO1: Understand information security models and analyze authentication mechanisms for challenge response
scenarios.
CO2: Understand e-mail architecture and standards for securing mail communication.
CO3: Understand Internet Security Protocol and explore common solutions for security issues
CO4: Apply Web security protocols for E-Commerce applications
CO-PO Mapping
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Evaluation Pattern
Evaluation Pattern: 70:30
| Assessment |
Internal |
End Semester |
| Midterm |
20 |
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| *Continuous Assessment Theory (CAT) |
10 |
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| *Continuous Assessment Lab (CAL) |
40 |
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| **End Semester |
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30 (50 Marks; 2 hours exam) |
* CAT – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, and Reports
* CAL – Can be Lab Assessments, Projects, and Reports
**End Semester can be theory examination/ lab-based examination/ project presentation
Text Books / References
Textbook(s)
Stallings W. “Cryptography and network security: principles and practice”. Upper Saddle River: Pearson; 2018.
Stallings W. and Brown L. “Computer Security: Principles and Practice”, Pearson; 2019.
Reference(s)
Forouzan BA. “Cryptography & network security”. McGraw-Hill, Inc.; 2007 Feb 28.
Padmanabhan TR, Shyamala C K, and Harini N. “Cryptography and Security”, First Edition, Wiley India Publications; 2011.
