Security Concepts: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability, Cryptography, Confusion vs Diffusion, Stream vs Block ciphers, Private-Key vs Public Key Cryptography, Cryptanalysis. Feistal Networks and Non Feistal Networks, Key Exchange, Public Key Encryption systems. Hash Functions, Message Digest, Signing and Verification, X509 certificates, SSL, TLS, HTTPS, Open SSL.

Authentication and Authorization: Identity and Access Management, Factors, Multi-factor, Kerberos, Role based Access Control. Operating System Security: Windows and Linux,

Protection System, Authorization, Security Analysis and Vulnerabilities, Security issues related to Internet, Intranet, Cloud Computing, Embedded System, Mobile System, Internet of Things and Wireless Networks.
Database Security: Securing different types of data, Database security, Data sanitization, Attacks on Data, SQL Injection, Buffer-flow, Privacy of Data, Security issues in Big Data and Cloud. Implementing Cryptographic schemes on datasets. Tools: Snort, NPM, Open VAS, Burp Suite, Nessus. Case Study: Implementing Cryptographic schemes on datasets. Understanding vulnerabilities using security tools: Snort, NPM, Open VAS, Burp Suite, Nessus.

Pre-Requisite(s): None
Course Type: Project

Course Objectives

• Knowledge in encryption and decryption using private and public key cryptography, digital signatures, cryptographic hash functions.
• Understand and apply authentication and authorization mechanisms to protect OS and database.
• Understand the threats and vulnerabilities and need for securing resources and exercising privacy preservation.

Course Outcomes

CO1: Understand the Fundamentals of Cyber Security Domain
CO2: Analyze and Apply Authentication and Authorization Techniques
CO3: Acquire foundational skills for developing expertise in one or more sub-domains of cyber-security and perform security reviews and audits
CO4: Identify insights on how to apply Cyber Security to secure operating systems and database design

CO-PO Mapping

Evaluation Pattern: 70/30

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3. R. Sarma Danturthi, Database and Application Security: A Practitioner’s Guide, Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition, 2024
4. Padmanabhan TR, Shyamala C K, and Harini N, “Cryptography and Security”, First Edition, Wiley India Publications, 2011
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