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SYSE-833 Advanced System Security
Campus RCMS
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title Advanced System Security
Course Code SYSE-833
Credit Hours 3-0
Pre-Requisutes
Course Objectives This course is an advance level course in Information Assurance that deals with advance topics in Information Security to include theory and practice of cryptographic techniques used in computer security. The topics such as encryption (secret-key and public-key), message integrity, digital signatures, user authentication, key management, cryptographic hashing, Network security protocols (SSL, IPsec), public-key infrastructure, digital rights management, and a bit of zero-knowledge protocols etc will be covered to the users who want to adopt Information Security as a specialization in their career.
Detail Content
  • Introduction
    • Introduction to Cryptography
    • Terms Related to Cryptography
    • Cryptanalysis
    • Cryptographic Standards
  • Symmetric Ciphers
    • Classical Symmetric Cryptographic Techniques
    • Block Cipher and Data Encryption Standards
    • Finite Fields
    • Advance Encryption Standard
    • Multiple Encryption and Triple DES
    • Stream Cipher
    • Confidentiality using Symmetric Cryptography
  • Asymmetric Ciphers
    • Introduction to Number Theory
    • Public Key Cryptography and RSA
    • Key Management and Other Public Key Cryptosystems
    • Public Key Infrastructure and Certification Authority
  • Identity, Authentication and Signature
    • Message Authentication and Hash Functions
    • Hash and MAC Algorithms
    • Digital Signatures and Authentication Protocols
  • Advance Topics
    • Split Secret Sharing Scheme
    • Multi-Level Secure Database Management Systems
  • Smartcard Based Security
  • Multifactor Authentication
  • Smartcard Architecture
  • Smartcard Security Features
  • Smartcard Operating System and Applications
  • Use of Smartcard for Physical and Logical Access Control System
  • Semester Project to Devise an Encryption Based Security System and its Auditing
Text/Ref Books
  • Behrouze A Forouzan, Cryptography and Network Security, McGraw Hill Publishers
  • William Stalling, Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and practices, 4th Ed, Prentice Hall Publishers
  • Wolfgang Rankl, Wolfgang Effing, Smartcard Handbook, 3rd Ed, John Wiley and Sons Publishers
  • Brian Komar, Windws Server 2008 PKI and Certificate Security, Microsoft Press
  • J. Katz and Y. Lindell, Introduction to Modern Cryptography
Time Schedule Fall 2015
Faculty/Resource Person