Introduction to Information Security R4a

Overview

Credits points: 6

Workload:
60 hours course attendance; 120 hours self-study

Semester: winter

Language: English

Module type: elective

Module usability: M.Sc. Electrical Communication Engineering, B.Sc. Informatik

Module duration: one semester

Required qualifications:
undergrad mathematics, e.g., probability, random variables, linear algebra, abstract algebra; modules "Computability and Complexity", "Algorithms and Data Structures"

Competences to be acquired

Explain various threats, attacker models, security goals and security services

Apply basic techniques and cryptographic algorithms to achieve security goals

Evaluate and analyze security of different schemes

Courses

Content

  • Security goals and attacker models
  • Mathematical foundations of cryptography (discrete probabilities and number theory)
  • Symmetric and public key cryptography (encryption, pseudorandom, hash functions, message authentication codes, authenticated encryption, key exchange, digital signatures)
  • Transport layer security
  • Selected topics in, e.g., network security, web security and system security

Learning outcomes

  • Understand the fundamental concepts and theory of IT security and cryptography
  • Have in-depth knowledge of cryptographic schemes such as symmetric-key and public-key encryption, message authentication schemes and digital signature schemes

Details

  • Lecturer: Jiaxin Pan and team
  • Teaching method: lecture
  • SWS: 4
  • Credit points: 6
  • Examination: oral exam (30 minutes) or written exam (120 minutes)
  • Course identifier: FB16-5625