IKT626 Main Results and Research Topics in Security

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

• Ph.d.-program i teknologi og realfag

Innhold

The course will cover selected topics among the following:

• Cryptography: classic cryptosystems, symmetric key cryptography, public key cryptography, hash functions, random numbers, information hiding, and cryptanalysis

• Access control: authentication and authorisation, password based security, ACLs and capabilities, multilevel and multilateral security, Bell-LaPadula and Biba's models, RBAC

• Protocols: simple authentication protocols, session keys, perfect forward secrecy, timestamps, SSL, IPSec, Kerberos.

• Software: flaws and malware, buffer overflows, viruses and worms.

• Generic archetypes in mobile security

• Some other selected areas of security will be also considered (vary from year to year)

The actual content will vary from year to year.

 

Læringsutbytte

After completing the course, the student is expected to:

• have overview and background information of main results, research questions and research methods within security in communication systems

• be able to discuss security issues and how these issues relate to their own specialisation

• be able to work with security-related problems of mobile communication and computing related to their own specialisation

 

 

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen

Approved project report.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Lectures, guided self-study, paper/article writing tasks and project work.

Eksamen

Oral examination. Pass/Fail.