Cyber Security 3rd Semester Syllabus

Unit 1Technical Communication Skills

Understanding the process and scope of communication · Relevance and importance of communication in a globalized world · Forms of communication · Role of unity, brevity and clarity in various forms of communication

Unit 2Types of Communication and Soft Skills

Verbal communication · Non‑verbal communication (NVC) and its classification · Barriers to communication · Communicating globally · Culture and communication · Interpersonal communication · Listening skills · Persuasion techniques · Negotiation skills · Communicating bad news/messages · Communication in a global world

Unit 3Writing Skills and Speaking Skills

Traits of technical writing · Principles of business writing · Writing style · Writing memos, letters, and reports · Types, characteristics, format, and structure of technical reports · Writing research papers · Audience awareness in speaking · Voice, vocabulary and paralanguage · Group discussion techniques · Combating nervousness in speaking · Speaking to small and large audiences · Mock presentations

Unit 4Job Interviews, Group Discussion and Professional Presentations

Preparing for job interviews · Self‑assessment for interviews · Drafting an effective résumé · Dress, decorum and delivery techniques · Techniques for handling interviews · Use of non‑verbal cues during interviews · Handling turbulence during interviews · Objectives of group discussion · Methods and focus of group discussion · Content, style and argumentation skills in group discussion · Professional presentations: audience awareness, body language, delivery and content

Unit 5Grammar & Linguistic Ability

Basics of grammar · Common errors in writing and speaking · Advanced grammar concepts · Vocabulary development · Pronunciation etiquette · Syllables, vowel sounds, consonant sounds · Tone: rising and falling · Flow in speaking · Speaking with purpose · Speech and personality · Professional personality attributes

Unit 1Introduction to Cryptography and Perfect Secrecy

Introduction of cryptography · Symmetric‑key encryption · Historical ciphers · Computational security · Semantic security · Pseudorandom generators (PRGs) · Perfect secrecy · One‑time‑pad encryption · Characterizations of perfect secrecy · Limitations of perfect secrecy

Unit 2Block Cipher Modes, MACs and Hash Functions

CPA‑secure ciphers from PRF · Modes of operation of block ciphers · Data Encryption Standard (DES) · Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) · Message Authentication Codes (MAC) · Information‑theoretic secure MAC · Cryptographic hash functions

Unit 3Hash Functions, Authenticated Encryption and Key‑Exchange

Ideal‑cipher model · Davies‑Meyer construction · Merkle–Damgård paradigm · Birthday attacks on cryptographic hash functions · Applications of hash functions · Random oracle model · Authenticated encryption · Generic constructions of authenticated encryption schemes · Key‑exchange problem · One‑way trapdoor functions · Cyclic groups

Unit 4Public‑Key Foundations and Elliptic‑Curve Cryptography

Discrete‑logarithm problem · Computational Diffie‑Hellman problem · Decisional Diffie‑Hellman problem · Elliptic‑curve based cryptography · Public‑key encryption

Unit 5Advanced Public‑Key Protocols and Applications

CCA‑secure public‑key hybrid ciphers based on Diffie‑Hellman problems and RSA assumption · Digital signatures · Overview of TLS/SSL · Number theory · Interactive protocols

Unit 1Introduction to Data Structure

Concepts of Data and Information · Classification of Data structures · Abstract Data Types · Implementation aspects: Memory representation · Data structures operations and cost estimation · Linear data structures – Arrays · Linked List – representation in memory · Different implementations of linked list · Circular linked list · Doubly linked list · Application of linked list – polynomial manipulation

Unit 2Stacks and Queue

Stacks as ADT · Different implementations of stack · Multiple stacks · Application of stack – infix to postfix conversion · Evaluation of postfix expression · Recursion using stack · Queues as ADT · Different implementations of queue · Circular queue · Deque and Priority Queue concepts · Queue simulation · Applications of queues

Unit 3Tree

Definitions – height, depth, order, degree · Binary Search Tree – operations, traversal, search · AVL Tree · Heap · Comparison of various tree types · Introduction to forest · Multi‑way tree · B‑tree, B+‑tree, B*‑tree · Red‑black tree

Unit 4Graphs

Introduction to graphs · Classification – directed and undirected graphs · Graph representation · Graph traversal – Depth First Search (DFS) · Graph traversal – Breadth First Search (BFS) · Minimum Spanning Tree – Kruskal’s algorithm · Minimum Spanning Tree – Prim’s algorithm · Dijkstra’s shortest path algorithm · Comparison of graph algorithms · Applications of graphs

Unit 5Sorting

Introduction to sorting · Bubble Sort · Quick Sort · Selection Sort · Heap Sort · Insertion Sort · Shell Sort · Merge Sort · Radix Sort · Comparison of sorting techniques · Searching – sequential search · Searching – binary search · Comparison of search methods · Hashing & indexing · Case study – applications in OS and DBMS

Unit 1Review of number systems and number base conversions

Number systems and number base conversions · Binary codes · Boolean algebra · Boolean functions · Logic gates · Simplification of Boolean functions · Karnaugh map methods · SOP‑POS simplification · NAND‑NOR implementation

Unit 2Combinational Logic

Half adder · Half subtractor · Full adder · Full subtractor · Look‑ahead carry generator · BCD adder · Series and parallel addition · Multiplexer and demultiplexer · Encoder and decoder · Arithmetic circuits · Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

Unit 3Sequential Logic

Flip‑flops (D, T, S‑R, J‑K Master‑Slave) · Racing condition issues · Edge‑triggered and level‑triggered circuits · Shift registers · Asynchronous and synchronous counters (types and state diagrams) · Semiconductor memories · Introduction to digital ICs (2716, 2732, etc.) and address decoding · Modern semiconductor memories (DRAM, FLASH RAM, etc.) · Designing with ROM and PLA

Unit 4Analog and Digital Interfacing

A/D and D/A converters and their types · Sample‑and‑hold circuits · Voltage‑to‑frequency and frequency‑to‑voltage conversion · Multivibrators (bistable, monostable, astable, Schmitt trigger) · IC 555 applications · TTL, PMOS, CMOS, and NMOS logic families · Interfacing between TTL and MOS

Unit 5Introduction to Digital Communication

Nyquist sampling theorem · Time‑division multiplexing (TDM) · Pulse‑Code Modulation (PCM) and quantization error · BPSK and BFSK modulation schemes · Shannon’s theorem for channel capacity

Unit 1Introduction to Object‑Oriented Thinking & Object‑Oriented Programming

Comparison of Object‑Oriented Programming with Procedural Programming · Features of the Object‑Oriented paradigm – merits and demerits · Object model and elements of OOPS · I/O processing concepts · Data types and type conversion · Control statements and loop constructs · Array handling in OOP

Unit 2Encapsulation and Data Abstraction – Concept of Objects

Concept of objects: state, behavior, and identity · Identification of classes and candidate classes · Class attributes and services · Access modifiers (public, private, protected) · Static members of a class · Object instances and message passing · Construction and destruction of objects

Unit 3Relationships – Inheritance

Purpose and types of inheritance · `is‑a` relationship · Association and aggregation relationships · Concept and use of interfaces · Abstract classes and their role in design

Unit 4Polymorphism

Introduction to polymorphism · Method overriding vs. method overloading · Static (compile‑time) and runtime polymorphism · Virtual functions · Friend functions and friend classes · Static member functions

Unit 5Strings, Exception Handling, Multi‑threading and Data Collections

String handling in Java · Exception handling mechanisms · Introduction to multi‑threading · Data collections framework (List, Set, Map, etc.) · Case studies: ATM system, Library Management System

Unit 1Introduction to Python

Basic syntax · Literal constants · Numbers · Variables and basic data types · Strings · Escape sequences · Operators and expressions · Evaluation order · Indentation · Input · Output · Functions · Comments

Unit 2Data Structures

Lists · Tuples · Dictionaries · DataFrames · Sets · Constructing, indexing, slicing and content manipulation

Unit 3Control Flow

Conditional statements – if, if‑else, nested if‑else · Iterative statements – for, while, nested loops · Control statements – break, continue, pass

Unit 4Object Oriented Programming

Classes and objects · Attributes · Methods · Scopes and namespaces · Inheritance · Overloading · Overriding · Data hiding · Exception handling – except clause, try‑finally clause, user‑defined exceptions

Unit 5Modules and Packages

Standard libraries – file I/O, sys, logging, regular expressions, date and time, network programming, multiprocessing, multithreading