Course details

Information system security and cryptography

BID Acad. year 2006/2007 Summer semester

Introduction, security standards, security management. Evaluation of security. Data transmission security, operating system and database security. Cryptographic algorithms and analysis, public key cryptography. Electronic commerce. Tamper resistant hardware.

Guarantor

Hanáček Petr, doc. Dr. Ing. (DITS)

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Completion

Examination

Time span

39 hrs lectures
4 hrs projects

Department

Department of Intelligent Systems (UITS)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Students will learn basic principles of secure information systems design and security analysis.

Learning objectives

To acquaint with with the advanced concepts of information systems security. The Another area covered is applied cryptography, including classical cryptography and modern secret key and public key cryptography.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic knowledge of operating systems and computer networks.

Study literature

Hanáček, P., Staudek, J.: Bezpečnost informačních systémů, ÚSIS, Praha, 2000, s. 127, ISBN80-238-5400-3
Stallings, W.: Cryptography and Network Security, Prentice Hall, 1999, ISBN 0-13-869017-0
Savard, J. J. G.: A Cryptographic Compendium, 2000, dostupné na WWW

Fundamental literature

Menezes, Van Oorschot, Vanstone: Handbook of Applied Cryptography, CRC Press Series on Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Hardcover, 816 pages, CRC Press, 1997.

Syllabus of lectures

Introduction
Security standardisation
Security management
Security evaluation and audit
Selected security mechanisms
Advance cryptographic algorithms
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Electronic commerce
Tamper resistant hardware

Progress assessment

Study evaluation is based on marks obtained for specified items. Minimimum number of marks to pass is 50.

Controlled instruction

Project and presentation of selected article