EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 - 2014

CS 403

INFORMATION SECURITY

Instruction                                                                                                                                                                                        4  Periods per week

Duration of University Examination                                                                                                                                                   3  Hours

University Examination                                                                                                                                                                     75 Marks

Sessional                                                                                                                                                                                         25 Marks

UNIT-I

Introduction: History, critical characteristics of information, NSTISSC security model, Components of an information system, Securing the components, balancing security and access, The SDLC, The security SDLC.

Need for Security: Business needs, Threats, Attacks-secure software development

UNIT-II

Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues: Law and ethics in information security, relevant U.S laws-international laws and legal bodies, Ethics and information security.

Risk Management: Overview, Risk Identification, risk assessment, Risk Control strategies, selecting a risk control strategy, Quantitative versus qualitative risk control practices, Risk management discussion points, recommended risk control practices.

UNIT-III

Planning for Security: Security policy, Standards and practices, Security blue print, Security education, Continuity strategies.

Security Technology: Firewalls and VPNs: Physical design, firewalls, protecting remote connections.

UNIT-IV

Security Technology: Intrusion detection, Access control and other security tools: Intrusion detection and prevention systems, Scanning and analysis tools, Access control devices.

Cryptography: Foundations of cryptology, cipher methods, Crypryptographic Algorithms, Cryptographic tools, Protocols for secure communications, Attacks on cryptosystems.

UNIT-V

Implementing Information Security: information security project management, technical topics of implementation , Non- technical aspects of implementation, Security certification and accreditation

Security and Personnel: Positioning and staffing security function, Employment policies and practices, internal control strategies.

Information security Maintenance: Security management models. The maintenance model, Digital forensics

Suggesting Reading:

 1.Michael E. Whitman and Hebert J Mattord, Principles of Information Security, 4th edition, Ed. Cengage Learning 2011

 2.Thomas R Peltier, Justing Peltier, John Blackley, Information Security. Fundamentals, Auerbacj Publications 2010

 3.Detmar W Straub, Seymor Goodman, Richard L Baskerville,

Information Security. Policy proceses and practices, PHI 2008

 4.Marks Merkow and Jim Breithaupt, Information Security. Principle and Practices, Pearson Education, 2007.