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Course Detail

Course Name Information Security
Course Code 23CSE332
Program B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
Credits 3
Campus Amritapuri ,Coimbatore,Bengaluru, Amaravati, Chennai

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

 PO/PSO PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2
CO
CO1 2 3 1 2 3 2
CO2 2 2 3 2
CO 3 2 2 3 2
CO4 2 3 1 2 3 2

Evaluation Pattern

Evaluation Pattern: 70:30

Assessment Internal End Semester
Midterm 20
*Continuous Assessment Theory (CAT) 10
*Continuous Assessment Lab (CAL) 40
**End Semester 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.

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