Module CS4180-KP04, CS4180

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

not available anymore

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Medical Informatics 2014, optional subject, computer science
• Bachelor Computer Science 2014, optional subject, central topics of computer science
• Bachelor Computer Science 2014, compulsory, specialization field IT security and safety
• Bachelor Computer Science 2012, compulsory, specialization field IT security and safety
• Master Computer Science 2012, optional subject, advanced curriculum security
• Master Computer Science 2012, optional subject, advanced curriculum enterprise IT

Classes and lectures:

• Security in Networks and Distributed Systems (lecture, 2 SWS)
• Security in Networks and Distributed Systems (exercise, 1 SWS)

Workload:

• 45 hours in-classroom work
• 60 hours private studies
• 15 hours exam preparation

Contents of teaching:

• Fundamentals of network security
• Attacks
• Cryptology
• Acquire a basic understanding of formals and organizational aspects of network security (IT-Grundschutz, ITIL security)
• Integrity & Authentication, Authorization, and Accountability
• Key Distribution
• Certificates and Digital Signatures
• Protocols (Physical & Data-Link, Network & Transport, Application Layer)
• Firewalls
• IT Grundschutz & ITIL
• Societal aspects

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Acquire a basic understanding of security issues (important terms, security objectives, communication models, network security models, attacker models, difference between safety and security)
• Understand the different security risks in networks and distributed systems
• Learn about the different types of attacks and their classification
• Understand the basics of cryptography: substitution ciphers (Caesar, Vigenère, etc.), Enigma, One-Time Pad, stream ciphers (structure, RC4), block ciphers (Feistel Networks, DES, AES), operation modes (ECB, CBC, PCBC, CFB, OFB, Counter), padding, asymmetric systems (Diffie-Hellmann, RSA)
• Understand integrity, authentication, authorization, and accountability
• Understanding of digital certificates, public key infrastructures and learn about important standards such as X.509
• Lean about important security solutions on different layers of the ISO/OSI stack
• Understand firewalls

Grading through:

• Written or oral exam as announced by the examiner

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Stefan Fischer

Teacher:

• Institute of Telematics
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Fischer

Literature:

• William Stallings : Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice Prentice Hall, 2013
• William Stallings, Lawrie Brown : Computer Security: Principles and Practice Prentice Hall, 2014

Language:

• offered only in German

Last Updated:

17.07.2019