F21CN - Computer Network Security

Course leader(s):

• Muhammad Marwan Muhammad Fuad (Edinburgh, September)
• Sasa Radomirovic (Edinburgh, September)
• Hani Ragab Hassen (Dubai, September)
• Timothy Tzen Vun Yap (Malaysia, September)
• Muhammad Marwan Muhammad Fuad (Edinburgh, January)

Syllabus

1. Introduction to Cybersecurity (1.1 1- Cybersecurity foundations, 1.2 2- The Common Criteria CC, 1.3 3- X.800: Attacks, services and mechanisms,)

2. Cryptography Foundations (2.1 1- Basics of cryptography, historical ciphers., 2.2 2- Symmetric cryptography, 2.3 3- Asymmetric cryptography, 2.4 4- Hashing algorithms)

3. Authentication Systems (3.1 1- Symmetric authentication, 3.2 2- Asymmetric authentication, 3.3 3- TLS/SSL)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:

• demonstrate an understanding of cyber security concepts and terminology such as design principles and threat models
• identify vulnerable cryptographic protocols
• examine different real-life scenarios to identify their cybersecurity needs
• criticise the design of cryptography-based secure systems
• design secure systems using cryptographic tools
• develop secure systems from scratch

Further details

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SCQF Level: 11

Credits: 15