Information Security
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Information Security Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Information Security (subject code 3164603) as prescribed for CS-DS · Semester 6 divides the course into 7 units, covering 26 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3164603)Unit 1 Introduction & Classical Encryption Techniques
- Security trends - Legal
- Ethical and Professional Aspects of Security
- Need for Security at Multiple levels
- Security Policies - Model of network security – Security attacks
- services and mechanisms – OSI security architecture – Symmetric cipher Model
- Classical encryption techniques: substitution techniques
- transposition techniques
- steganography).- Foundations of modern cryptography: perfect security – information theory – product cryptosystem – cryptanalysis
Unit 2 Block Ciphers & Symmetric Key Cryptography, Data
- Encryption standard (DES) with example
- strength of DES, AES with structure
- its transformation functions
- key expansion
- example and implementation
Unit 3 Block Cipher Operations
- Multiple encryption and triple DES, Electronic Code Book
- Cipher Block Chaining Mode
- Cipher Feedback mode
- Output Feedback mode
- Counter mode
Unit 4 Public Key Cryptosystems with Applications, Requirements
- and Cryptanalysis
- RSA algorithm
- its computational aspects and security
Unit 5 Application of Cryptographic Hash Functions, Simple hash
- its requirements and security
- Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA)
Unit 6 Requirements and security of Message Authentication Codes
- MACs based on Hash Functions
- MACs based on Block Ciphers
Unit 7 Digital Signature, its properties, requirements, NIST digital
- Signature algorithm Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Computer Science and Engineering (Data Science) Course / Subject Code: 3164603 Course / Subject Name: Information Security
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