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IT-801 · Information Security/Official Syllabus

Information Security (IT-801) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Introduction

  • Confidentiality
  • Availability
  • Integrity
  • Non Repudiation
  • The OSI Security Architecture
  • Security Attacks
  • Security Services
  • Security Mechanisms
  • a Model for Network Security
  • Symmetric Cipher Model
  • Substitution Techniques
  • Transposition Techniques
  • Steganography
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Unit 2

Block Ciphers and Data Encryption Algorithm

  • Block Cipher Principles
  • The Data Encryption Standard
  • The Strength of DES
  • Differential and linear cryptanalysis
  • Block Cipher Design Principles
  • Evaluation criteria of AES
  • The AES Cipher
  • Multiple Encryption and Triple DES
  • Block Cipher modes of operation
  • Stream Ciphers
  • Confidentiality using Symmetric Encryption
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Unit 3

Public Key Encryption

  • Principles of Public Key Cryptosystems
  • The RSA algorithm
  • Key Management
  • Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
  • Elliptic curve cryptography
  • Authentication requirements
  • Authentication Functions
  • Message Authentication Codes
  • Hash Functions
  • Security of Hash Functions and MACs
  • Secure Hash Algorithm
  • HMAC
  • Digital Signatures and Authentication Protocols
  • Digital Signature Standard
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Unit 4

Authentication Applications

  • Kerberos
  • X.509 Authentication Service
  • Public key infrastructure
  • Pretty Good Privacy
  • IP Security Overview
  • Architecture
  • Authentication header
  • encapsulating security payload
  • Key management
  • Web security considerations
  • Secure Socket Layer and Transport layer Security
  • Secure Electronic Transaction
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Unit 5

System Security

  • Intruders
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Password management
  • Different type of malicious software
  • Viruses and related threats
  • Virus Countermeasures
  • DoS and DDos Attacks
  • Security controls required for Information Security
  • Firewall design principles
  • Trusted Systems
  • Common criteria for information technology security evaluation

Reference Books

  • Cryptography and Network Security
  • Cryptography and Network Security
  • Cryptography and Information Security
  • Information System Security
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