Course Code Course Title L T P Cr IA UE TM

BCA-511 Information Security 4 0 0 4 40 60 100

UNIT 1

Introduction: Security mindset, Computer Security Concepts (CIA), Threats, Attacks, and
Assets.
UNIT 2
Software Security: Vulnerabilities and protections, malware, program analysis (05) Practical
Cryptography: Encryption, authentication, hashing, symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, Digital
Signatures and Certificates.
UNIT 3
Network Security: Network security issues, Sniffing, IP spoofing, Common threats, E-Mail
security, IPSec, SSL, PGP, Intruders, Virus, Worms, Firewalls-need and features of firewall, Types of
firewall, Intruder Detection Systems.
UNIT 4
Cyber Security: Cyber Crime and security, Security tools, Introduction to Digital Forensic, OS
fingerprinting, TCP/IP stack masking, Social Engineering. Applications and special topics: Web
application Security, Privacy and Anonymity, public policy.

TEXTBOOK:
1. Computer Security: Principles and Practice, William Stallings; Lawrie Brown
REFERENCES:
1. Introduction to Computer Security, 2004 Matt Bishop, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-321-24744-
2. Buchmann J. A., Introduction to Cryptography, Springer Verlag (2001)
3. Stallings William, Cryptography and Network Security, Pearson Education (2006).
4. Schneier Bruce, Applied Cryptography, John Wiley and Sons (1996).
5. Britz M., Computer Forensic and cyber crime, Upper Saddle River, Prentice Hall (2003).