COMPUTER SECURITY LECTURE PLAN

MCA-505

Unit Topic Hours Required

1 Introduction 10
2 Program Security 12
3 Database Security 10
4 Administering security 10

Detailed Lecture Plan

Unit-1 Introduction
S.No. Topic No. of
lectures
1. The Security Problem in Computing: The meaning of 2
Computer Security, Computer Criminals, Methods of Defense,

2. Elementary Cryptography: Symmetric and Non-symmetric 3

keys Substitution Ciphers,

3. Transpositions, Making "Good" Encryption Algorithms, The 3

Data Encryption Standard,
4. The AES Encryption. Algorithm, Public Key Encryptions, 2
Uses of Encryption.

Unit-2 Program Security

S.No. Topic No. of
lectures
1. Secure Programs, Non-malicious Program Errors, viruses and 2
other malicious code
2. Targeted Malicious code, controls Against Program Threats 2

3. Protection in General-Purpose operating system protected 2

objects and methods of protection
4. File protection Mechanisms, User Authentication Designing 2
Trusted O.S : Security polices
5. models of security, trusted O.S. design, Assurance in trusted 4
OS, Implementation examples.
 Unit-3 Database Security
S.No. Topic No. of
lectures
1. Security requirements, Reliability and integrity, Sensitive data 2

2. Inference, multilevel database, proposals for multilevel 2

security.
3. Security in Network : Threats in Network, Network Security 4
Controls, Firewalls
4. Intrusion Detection Systems, Secure E-mail. 2

Unit-4 Administering Security

S.No. Topic No. of
lectures
1. Security Planning, Risk Analysis, Organizational Security 2
policies

2. Physical Security, Legal Privacy and Ethical Issues in 2

Computer Security.
Protecting Programs and data, Information and the law, Rights
of Employees and Employers,
3. Software failure, Computer Crime, Praia 3

4. Ethical issues in Computer Security, Case studies of Ethics 3