Operating system and Host Security
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Operating system and Host Security Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Operating system and Host Security (subject code 3725910) as prescribed for CS · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 11 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 (3725910)Unit 2 Trusted Operating Systems, Assurance in Trusted Operating Systems,
- Virtualization Techniques. 3 6
Unit 4 Access Control Fundamentals – Protection system – Lampson's Access
- Mandatory protection systems
- Reference monitor. 4 9
Unit 7 Verifiable security goals – Information flow, Denning's Lattice model,
- Bell-Lapadula model
- Biba integrity model
- Covert channels. 4 9
Unit 8 Security Kernels – Secure Communications processor, Securing
- Commercial OS 3 6
Unit 9 Secure Capability Systems – Fundamentals, Security, Challenges Secure
- Virtual Machine Systems 3 6
Unit 10 Case study – Windows, Linux kernel, Android, DVL, Solaris Trusted
- Extensions 4 8 Part-II Host Security Subject Code: 3725910 w.e.f
- AY 2018-19 1 Introduction of BIOS and identification of trusted platform 1 2 2 Techniques for Recording Platform State 1 2 3 Can We Use Platform Information Locally? 2 4 4 Can We Use Platform Information Remotely? 2 4 5 How Do We Make Sense of Platform State? 2 4 6 Roots of Trust 2 4 7 Challenges in Bootstrapping Trust in Secure Hardware. 2 4 8 Validating the Process
- Implementing Trust Bootstrapping: Open Source Tools 2 4 9 Human Factors & Usability 1 2