Computer And Network Security
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Computer And Network Security Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Computer And Network Security (subject code 3350704) as prescribed for Auto · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 19 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 (3350704)Unit 1 Introduction and Security Threats: 1a.List and discuss various security terms, recent trends in computer security.
- 1.1. Threats to security : Viruses and Worms, Intruders, Insiders, Criminal organizations, Terrorists, Information warfare
- 1.2. Avenues of Attack, steps in attack
- 1.4. Types of attack: Denial of service (DOS), backdoors and trapdoors, sniffing, spoofing, man in the middle, replay, TCP/IP Hacking, Phishing attacks, Distributed DOS, SQL Injection. Malware : Viruses, Logic bombs
Unit 2 Organizational Security 2a.List & Define various human security threats.
- 2.1. Password selection, Piggybacking, Shoulder surfing, Dumpster diving, Installing unauthorized software /hardware, Access by non employees.
- 2.2. People as Security Tool: Security awareness, and Individual user responsibilities.
- 2.3. Physical security: Access controls Biometrics: finger prints, hand prints, Retina, Patterns, voice patterns, signature and writing patterns, keystrokes, Physical barriers 2d.List potential threats on password and explain characteristics of a strong password.
- 2.4. Password Management, vulnerability of password, password protection, password selection strategies, components of a good password. Computer and Networking Security Course Code:3350704 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/14-15 Gujarat State Unit Major Learning Outcomes (in cognitive domain ) Topics and Sub-topics
Unit 3 Cryptography and Public key Infrastructure
- 3.1. Introduction to Symmetric encryption & Asymmetric encryption.
- 3.2. Encryption algorithm / Cifer, Encryption and Decryption using: Caesar’s cipher, playfair cipher, shift cipher, shift cipher, Vigenere cipher, one time pad (vermin cipher), hill cipher (for practice use small matrix and apply encryption only).
- 3.3. Transposition techniques (rail fence), steganography
- 3.4. Hashing function : SHA1 (only)
- 3.5. Asymmetric encryption: Digital Signatures, Key escrow
- 3.6. Public key infrastructures : basics, digital signatures, digital certificates, certificate authorities, registration authorities, steps for obtaining a digital certificate, steps for verifying authenticity and integrity of a certificate
- 3.7. Centralized or decentralized infrastructure, private key protection
- 3.8. Trust Models: Hierarchical, peer to peer, hybrid
Unit 4 Network security
- 4.1. Firewalls: working, design principles, trusted systems, Kerberos. 4b.Define, classify and 4.2 Security topologies – security zones, Computer and Networking Security Course Code:3350704 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/14-15 Gujarat State Unit Major Learning Outcomes (in cognitive domain ) Topics and Sub-topics describe various security topologies. DMZ, Internet, Intranet, VLAN, security implication, tunneling.
- 4.3. IP security : overview, architecture, IPSec configurations, IPSec security
Unit 5 Web Security
- 5.1. Intruders, Intrusion detection systems (IDS): host based IDS, network based IDS, logical components of IDS, signature based IDS, anomaly based IDS, network IDS components, advantages and disadvantages of NIDS, host based IDS components, advantages and disadvantages of HIDS.
- 5.2. Web security threats, web traffic security approaches, Introduction to Secure Socket Layer (SSL) & Transport Layer Security(TLS), Concepts of secure electronic transaction Computer and Networking Security Course Code:3350704 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/14-15 Gujarat State