CY-802 (C) RGPV B.Tech
Lightweight Cryptography (LC)
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Previous Year Papers
2 papers, latest Jun 2025
Syllabus, notes and important questions for CY-802 (C)
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Introduction and Overview 6 topics
- Introduction
- Overview of Lightweight Cryptography
- Security Threats for resource constrained devices
- Design strategies for lightweight cryptography
- Constraints and Compromises of Lightweight Algorithms
- Modes of Operation
Unit 2 Lightweight Cryptographic Primitives and Block Ciphers 13 topics
- Lightweight Cryptographic Primitives
- Lightweight Block Ciphers
- DESL and DESXL
- PRESENT
- CLEFIA
- LED
- SIMON and SPECK
- TWINE
- PRINCE
- MIDORI
- RECTANGLE
- GRANULE
- CRAFT
Unit 3 Lightweight Stream Ciphers, Hash Functions and MACs 5 topics
- Lightweight Stream Ciphers
- Lightweight HASH functions
- Lightweight Message Authentication Codes
- Key management
- Applications of Lightweight Cryptography
Unit 4 Key Management and Applications 8 topics
- Challenges in Designing IoT Group Key Management Protocols
- Lightweight Group Key Management Protocols
- Symmetric Key Constructions
- Asymmetric Key Constructions
- Applications: IPsec
- Applications: TLS
- Applications: Cyber Physical Systems
- Applications: IoT devices