Applied Cryptography

Course content:

Foundations, Protocol building blocks, Basic protocols, Intermediate protocols, Advanced protocols, Esoteric protocols, Key length, Key management, Algorithm types and modes, Using algorithms, Mathematical background, Data encryption standard, Other block ciphers, Stil other block ciphers, Combinig block ciphers, Pseudo-random-sequence generators and stream ciphers, Other stream ciphers and real random-sequence generators, One-way hash functions, Public-key algorithms, Public-key digital signature algorithms, Identification schemes, Key-exchage algorithms, Special algorithms for protocols, Politics

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Network Security

Course content:

Computer Network Fundamentals, Computer Network Security Fundamentals, Security Threats and Threat Motives to Computer Networks, Introduction to Computer Network Vulnerabilities, Cyber Crimes and Hackers, Scripting and Security in Computer Networks and Web Browsers, Security Assessment, Analysis, and Assurance, Disaster Management, Access Control and Authorization, Authentication, Cryptography, Firewalls, System Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Computer and Network Forensics, Virus and Content Filtering, Standardization and Security Criteria: Security Evaluation of Computer Products, Computer Network Security Protocols, Security in Wireless Networks and Devices, Security in Sensor Networks, Virtualization Technology and Security, Cloud Computing Technology and Security, Mobile Systems and Corresponding Intractable Security Issues, Internet of Things (IoT): Growth, Challenges, and Security

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Secure Computer Systems

Course content:

Introduction to Computer Architecture and Security, Digital Logic Design, Computer Memory and Storage , Bus and Interconnection, I/O and Network Interface, Central Processing Unit , Advanced Computer Architecture, Assembly Language and Operating Systems, TCP/IP and Internet, Design and Implementation: Modifying Neumann Architecture

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Database Security

Course content:

Recent Advances in Access Control, Access Control Models for XML, Access Control Policy Languages in XML, Database Issues in Trust Management and Trust Negotiation, Authenticated Index Structures for Outsourced Databases, Towards Secure Data Outsourcing, Managing and Querying Encrypted Data, Security in Data Warehouses and OLAP Systems, Security for Workflow Systems, Secure Semantic Web Services, Geospatial Database Security, Security Re-engineering for Databases: Concepts and Techniques, Database Watermarking for Copyright Protection, Database Watermarking: A Systematic View, Trustworthy Records Retention, Damage Quarantine and Recovery in Data Processing Systems, Hippocratic Databases: Current Capabilities and Future Trends, Privacy-Preserving Data Mining: A Survey, Privacy in Database Publishing: A Bayesian Perspective, Privacy Preserving Publication: Anonymization Frameworks and Principles, Privacy Protection through Anonymity in Location-based Services, Privacy-enhanced Location-based Access Control, Efficiently Enforcing the Security and Privacy Policies in a Mobile Environment

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Security Protocols

Course content:

Preliminaries, Operational Semantics, Security Properties, Verification , Multi-protocol Attacks, Generalizing NSL for Multi-party Authentication, Historical Background and Further Reading

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Security Architecture, Design and Analysis

Course content:

Network security foundations, Designing secure networks, Secure network designs

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Advanced Topics in Information Security

Course Contents:

Critically evaluate some of the important past and current research that has been undertaken within the information systems discipline;

Demonstrate an appreciation of the diversity of research currently being undertaken within the information systems discipline;

Identify research articles in the information systems discipline that they might wish to use in their theses or research report;

Distinguish among research approaches in the information systems discipline and identify approaches that might be useful in subsequent work.

· A Bit of Theory

· Coordination in Standards Setting

· The Issue of Speed

· IPR Problems

• Applications

· The Economic Perspective

· After Standardization

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E-Commerce Security

Course content:

Security Testing of an Online Banking Service, Software Security Analysis, New Security Issues in Mobile E-Commerce, Problems in Policing E-Commerce Crime, Strategies for Developing Policies and Requirements for Secure and Private Electronic Commerce, Protocols for Secure Remote Database Access with Approximate 87
Matching, A New Approach to Reasoning about Accountability in Cryptographic Protocols for E-Commerce, Provisional Authorizations

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Secure Communication Systems

Course content:

Threats and Solutions, An Introduction to Encryption and Security Management, Voice Security in Military Applications, Telephone Security, Secure GSM systems, Security in Private VHF/UHF Radio Networks, Electronic Protection Measures - Frequency Hopping, Link and Bulk Encryption, Secure Fax Network, PC Security, Secure Email, Secure Virtual Private Networks, Military Data Communication, Management, Support and Training

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Secure System Management

Course content:

Challenges in Managing Information Security in the New Millennium , Information Systems Security and the Need for Policy , New Millennium; New Technology; Same Old Right and Wrong , Ethical Elements of Security and Developments in Cyberspace that Should Promote Trust in Electronic Commerce , Cyber Terrorism and the Contemporary Corporation , Addressing Prescription Fraud in the British National Health Service: Technological and Social Considerations , The Irish Experience with Disaster Recovery Planning: High Levels of Awareness May Not Suffice , An Analysis of the Recent IS Security Development Approaches: Descriptive and Prescriptive Implications , Internet and E-Business Security , Assurance and Compliance Monitoring Support , Intelligent Software Agents: Security Issues of a New Technology , Principles for Managing Information Security in the New Millennium

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Formal Models and Information Security

Course content:

Running example, Messages and deduction, Equational theory and static equivalence, A cryptographic process calculus, Security properties, Automated verification: bounded case, Automated verification: unbounded case, Further readings and conclusion

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