Unit I
Information Security Fundamentals Protecting Valuables - Characteristics of Computer Intrusion - Attacks - The Meaning of Computer Science - Computer Criminals - Methods of Defense - What's Next in Security .
Unit II
Cryptography Basics: Terminology and Background - Substitution Ciphers - Transpositions - Making Good encryption Algorithms - The Data Encryption Standard - The AES - Public key encryption - The Uses of Encryption .
Unit III
Program Security: Secure Programs - Nonmalicious Program Errors - Virus and Other Malicious Code - Targeted Malicious code - Control against program threats .
Unit IV
Database Security: Introduction to Database - Security Requirements - Reliability and Integrity - Sensitive Data - Inference - Multilevel Databases - Proposal for Multilevel Security .
Unit V:
Web, Temporal And Spatial Data Mining Security in Networks: Network concepts - Threats in Networks - Network Security Controls - Firewalls - Intrusion Detection System - Secure E-mail .
Text Book(s):
1. Security in Computing, Third Edition, Charles P. Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, PH PTR, 2002 .
REFERENCES:
1. Cryptography and network security-Stallings.
2. Network Security, Kauffman, Perlman, Speciner, PHI.
3. Principles of Computer Security, Conkin et al. Dreamtech Publications .