Course details

Information System Security

BIS Acad. year 2024/2025 Winter semester 5 credits

The course aims to the security goals, security functions, and security mechanisms. The content is: Introduction into information security, basic terms, threats, weak points, security measures, criteria for system security assessment, Common Criteria, data transmission security, operating system and database security, malicious software,  role of cryptography.

Guarantor

Course coordinator

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Credit+Examination (written)

Time span

  • 39 hrs lectures
  • 13 hrs projects

Assessment points

  • 70 pts final exam (written part)
  • 10 pts mid-term test (written part)
  • 20 pts projects

Department

Lecturer

Instructor

Learning objectives

The goal is to make students familiar with the basic concepts of information systems security.
Students will learn basic principles of information systems security. They will learn also terminology, basic security goals, functions, and mechanisms.

Study literature

  • Hanáček, P., Staudek, J.: Bezpečnost informačních systémů, ÚSIS, Praha, 2000, s. 127, ISBN80-238-5400-3
  • Savard, J. J. G.: A Cryptographic Compendium, 2000, dostupné na WWW

Fundamental literature

  • Stallings, W.: Cryptography and Network Security, Prentice Hall, 1999, ISBN 0-13-869017-0

Syllabus of lectures

  • Introduction
  • Threats, vulnerabilities
  • Security measures
  • Criteria for system security assessment
  • Common criteria (CC)
  • Security functions
  • Risk analysis
  • Data transmission security
  • Operating system security
  • Database security
  • Web security
  • Smart card applications
  • Role of cryptography

Syllabus - others, projects and individual work of students

  1. A homework on security mechanisms.
  2. A homework on applied cryptography.

Progress assessment

A mid-term exam evaluation and an evaluation of projects.

Schedule

DayTypeWeeksRoomStartEndCapacityLect.grpGroupsInfo
Wed lecture 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7. of lectures D0206 13:0015:50154 1MIT 2MIT NCPS - NSEC NISD NSEN NVER xx Hanáček
Wed lecture 8., 9., 11., 12., 13. of lectures D0206 13:0015:50154 1MIT 2MIT NCPS - NSEC NISD NSEN NVER xx Malinka
Wed lecture 2024-11-20 G202 13:0014:50154 1MIT 2MIT NCPS - NSEC NISD NSEN NVER xx Malinka

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