Module CS4701-KP06

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Entrepreneurship in Digital Technologies 2020, advanced module, specific
• Master MES 2020, optional subject, computer science / electrical engineering
• Master Media Informatics 2020, optional subject, computer science
• Master Media Informatics 2014, optional subject, computer science
• Master Medical Informatics 2019, optional subject, ehealth / infomatics
• Master IT-Security 2019, compulsory, IT-Security

Classes and lectures:

• Communication and System Security (seminar-style lectures with exercises, 2 SWS)
• Communication and System Security (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 20 hours exam preparation
• 100 hours private studies
• 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Cryptographic procedures and protocols, security analyses
• IT security at system level, security mechanisms
• Security, privacy and trust of special systems such as Cloud and IoT
• Code analysis
• Security management, legal framework conditions
• Security problems in IT systems

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students can explain the basic methods in the field of cybersecurity and apply them to case studies.
• They can demonstrate a deeper understanding of cryptographic methods and their applications in communication systems.
• They can analyze the entire spectrum of the security of a system.
• They can explain modelling techniques and describe experiences with their use.
• They can apply a variety of standard techniques to increase the security of a system.

Grading through:

• Viva Voce or test
• written homework

Is requisite for:

• Current Topics in IT Security (CS5195-KP04)

Requires:

• Cybersecurity (CS2250-KP04)
• Cryptology (CS3420-KP04, CS3420)

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Eisenbarth

Teacher:

• Institute for IT Security
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Eisenbarth
• Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Reischuk
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Esfandiar Mohammadi

Literature:

• Stallings, Brown : Computer Security: Principles and Practice 4th ed., Pearson, 2018
• Katz, Lindell : Introduction to Modern Cryptography 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2014
• Stinson : Cryptography: Theory and Practice 4th ed., CRC Press, 2018

Language:

• English, except in case of only German-speaking participants

Notes:

Last Updated:

21.08.2025