Bachelor Degree in Information Security

CTU 08101 Security Architecture

Module 1: Security Architecture Introduction

 Secure System design concept

o Layering
o Abstraction
 Security Domains
 The Ring Model
 Open and Closed Systems

Module 2: Secure Hardware Architecture

 System Unit and Motherboard

 Computer Bus
o Northbridge
o Southebridge
 The CPU
o Arithmetic Logic Unit
o Multitasking and Multiprocessing
 Memory
o Memory Protection
o Virtual Memory
o Firmware

Module 3: Secure OS and Software Architecture

 The Kernel
 Users and File Permissions
o Linux and Unix Permissions
o Microsoft NTFS Permissions
o Privileged Programs
 Virtualization
 Thin Clients

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Module 4: System Vulnerabilities, and Countermeasure

 Covert Channel
 Buffer Overflows
 Backdoors
 Malicious Code
 Web Application Attacks
 Mobile device attack
 Database Security

Module 5: Network Security

 Firewall and its Working

 Security on Physical Layer
 Security on Data Link Layer
 Security on Network Layer
 Application layer Security

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Assignments

S/N Topic Action Required

Assignment 1 What is Open and Closed Models
Assignment 2 Explain CIA Triangle
Assignment 3 How to use Virtual memory to improve the To be submitted for
performance of the system evaluation
Assignment 4 What type of tools are used in application
layer security
Assignment 5 Describe NTFS Security
Assignment 6 Feature of latest VMware Workstation
Assignment 7 How to prevent SQL Injection attack
Assignment 8 What is Buffer Overflows
Assignment 9 How to implement Layer 3 Security To be submitted for
evaluation
Assignment Devices used to detect and prevent intrusion
10 in the network

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