AL-604 (B) RGPV B.Tech
Information Security & Management (ISM)
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Syllabus, notes and important questions for AL-604 (B)
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Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Introduction 12 topics
- Needs for security
- Basic security terminologies (threats, vulnerability, exploit, etc.)
- Security principles (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability)
- Authentication
- Non‑repudiation
- Security attacks and their classifications
- Mathematical foundation – prime numbers
- Modular arithmetic
- Fermat’s and Euler’s theorem
- Euclidean algorithm
- Chinese Remainder Theorem
- Discrete logarithms
Unit 2 Symmetric Key Cryptography 6 topics
- Classical cryptography – substitution and transposition
- Cryptanalysis of classical ciphers
- Symmetric cryptography algorithms: DES, 3DES, AES
- Modes of operation: ECB, CBC, etc.
- Linear cryptanalysis
- Differential cryptanalysis
Unit 3 Asymmetric Key Cryptography 4 topics
- Key distribution and management
- Diffie‑Hellman key exchange algorithm
- Asymmetric cryptography algorithms: RSA, ECC
- Various attacks on cryptosystems
Unit 4 Authentication & Integrity 8 topics
- Message Authentication Codes (MAC)
- Hash functions
- SHA, MD5
- HMAC
- Digital signatures and authentication protocols
- Authorization
- Access control mechanisms
- X.509 digital certificates
Unit 5 E‑mail, IP and Web Security 8 topics
- E‑mail security: PGP, MIME, S/MIME
- IP security protocols
- Web security: TLS, SSL
- Secure Electronic Transaction (SET)
- Firewalls and their types
- Introduction to Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
- Risk management
- Security planning
Exam insights
Counted from 3 past AL-604 (B) papers.
Marks asked per paper, by unit
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Unit 1 Introduction 10 marks
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Unit 2 Symmetric Key Cryptography 15 marks
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Unit 3 Asymmetric Key Cryptography 12 marks
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Unit 4 Authentication & Integrity 18 marks
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Unit 5 E‑mail, IP and Web Security 15 marks
Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.
Asked again and again
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Explain the working of the RSA algorithm, including key generation, encryption and decryption steps.
Asked 3 times: 2022, 2023, 2024
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Describe the role of firewalls in network security and differentiate between packet‑filtering and stateful firewalls.
Asked 2 times: 2023, 2024
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What is the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption? Give examples of algorithms for each.
Asked 2 times: 2022, 2024