Network Security (V-U)

• Course Introduction, Three Objectives of IT Security, Three Foundations of IT Security (V-U)
• Introduction to Classical Cryptography (V-U)
• The Threat Environment, Basic Security Terminology, Case Study: The Tjx Data Breach (V-U)
• The Threat Environment (cont...), Employee and Ex-Employee (Insider) Threats (V-U)
• Traditional External Attackers, Classic Malware: Viruses and Worms, Trojan Horses and Rootkits (V-U)
• Trojan Horses and Rootkits (cont...), Other Malware Attacks (V-U)
• Hackers, Social Engineering used by Hackers (V-U)
• Cryptography :Definitions & Concepts, Kerckhoff's Principle, Strength of the Cryptosystem, Services of Cryptosystems (V-U)
• Cryptography (cont...), One-Time Pad, Steganography, Types of Ciphers (V-U)
• Methods of Encryption, Symmetric Cryptography, Asymmetric Cryptography, Symmetric vs Asymmetric Algorithms (V-U)
• Symmetric Algorithms, Block Ciphers, Stream Ciphers, Hybrid Encryption Systems (V-U)
• Types of Symmetric Systems, Data Encryption Standard (DES) (V-U)
• DES (cont...), Triple DES (3DES) (V-U)
• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA), Blowfish, RC4, RC5, RC6, Review of Cryptography (V-U)
• Asymmetric Key Algorithms, Diffie Hellman Algorithm, RSA Algorithm (V-U)
• Difference between Public Key Cryptography and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), One-Way Functions, El Gamal, Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems, Knapsack (V-U)
• Message Integrity, Message Authentication Codes (MAC), HMAC Example, CBC-MAC (V-U)
• MAC (cont...), CMAC, Types of Hashing Algorithms, Desired Features of Cryptographic Hash Functions, Hashing Algorithms used Today (V-U)
• Review of Symmetric Asymmetric and Hashing Algorithms, Digital Signatures, Digital Signature Standard (DSS), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) (V-U)
• PKI (cont...), PKI Components, Certificate Authority (CA), Functions of a Certificate Authority, Certificate Revocation List (CRL) (V-U)
• Review of PKI Digital Certificates Certificate Structure and PKI Services, Key Management, Kerberos Protocol, Key Management Principles, Rules for Keys (V-U)
• Link Encryption vs End-to-End Encryption, Encryption at Different Layers, Hardware vs Software Cryptography Systems, Email Standards (V-U)
• Review of Link Encryption vs End-to-End Encryption, Email Standards (cont...) (V-U)
• Quantum Cryptography, Internet Security, Internet Protocols (V-U)
• Secure HTTP(S-HTTP), Secure Electronic Transaction (SET), Cookies and How They Work (V-U)