Title Information and Communication Systems Security
Lesson Code 321-3400
Semester 6
ECTS 5
Hours (Theory) 3
Hours (Lab) 2
Faculty Stergiopoulos George

Syllabus

Semantic foundation of terms on Information and Communications Systems security. Identification and authentication. Access Control. Policies and formal security models. OS security, use case: Unix. Malware. Analysis, evaluation and management of information systems risks. Information systems security policies. Elements of applied cryptography: classical cryptographic methods, symmetric and asymmetric cryptosystems, message authentication codes, digital signatures, Certification authorities, Public Key infrastructure, Legal framework in Greece. Network security. Threats and vulnerabilities. Internet Model Security: Internet layer security, Transport layer security, Application layer security, over the Application layer security. Applications.

Learning Outcomes

Students

  • will acquire knowledge of fundamental issues of Information and Communication Systems Security and Privacy and
  • will able to aplly methods to address basic issues.
  • They will be able to evaluate information security issues and use  tools and techniques to address them. 

Prerequisite Courses

Not required.

Basic Textbooks

1. Katsikas S., Gritzalis D., Gritzalis S. (Eds.), Information Systems Security, New Technologies Publishers (in Greek).
2. Gritzalis S., Katsikas S., Gritzalis D., Computer Network Security, Papasotiriou Publishers (in Greek).
3. Lambrinoudakis C., Mitrou L., Gritzalis S., Katsikas S. (Eds.), Privacy Protection: Technical and Legal Issues, Papasotiriou Pub., Athens (in Greek).

Additional References

1. Computer Security, D. Gollmann, J. Wiley & Sons.
2. Computer Security, M. Bishop, Addison Wesley.
3. Securing Information and Communication Systems, S. Furnell, S. Katsikas, J. Lopez, A. Patel, Artech House.
4. Security Engineering, R. Anderson, J. Wiley and Sons.
5. Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice, W. Stallings, Prentice Hall.
6. Digital Privacy, A. Acquisti, C. Lambrinoudakis, S. Gritzalis, S. De Capitani di Vimercati (Eds.), Taylor and Francis.

Teaching and Learning Methods

Activity Semester workload
Lectures 39 hours
Laboratory Exercises 26 hours
Personal study 57 hours
 
Final exams 3 hours
Course total 125 hours (5 ECTS)

Student Performance Evaluation

Group projects in labs and final written assesment.

Language of Instruction and Examinations

Greek, English (for Erasmus students)

Delivery Mode

Systematic development and explanation of the theory, case studies and available technologies, software development to deal with real world security and privacy violation problems.
Face-to-face lectures. Labs.