Information systems security

Course Code:

ACM 474

Course Period:

Spring

Course Type:

Area Elective

P:

3

Lab:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

6

Course Language:

İngilizce

Course Objectives:

This course will introduce cryptography theories, algorithms, and systems. It will also consider necessary approaches and techniques to build protection mechanisms in order to secure computer networks, security related details of popular operating systems, threat analysis, and countermeasures against the threats.

Course Content:

Cryptography protocols, authentication protocols, e-commerce security protocols: design, implementation and analysis, OSI security, models and architectures for network security, email security, email security, IP security, Ipv6, web security, virtual private networks, firewalls, content filtering, denial of service attacks, wireless network security, network security policies, intrusion detection, misuse detection methods, anomaly detection methods, windows and linux security

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Lab Work

Course Evaluation Methods:

A: Testing, B: Laboratory C: Homework D: Project

Vertical Tabs

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes		Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods			Assessment Methods
Information Systems graduates know the basic components of operating systems and networks.	3,6,9			1,3,4	A,B,C
Information Systems graduates know what the basic OS security threats are.	2,3,6,9			1,2,3,4	A,B,C
Information Systems graduates know what the basic security threats in networks are.	3,6,9			1,3,4	A,B,C
Knows security protocols and their implementation.	2,6,9			1,3,4	A,B,C
Knows how to take countermeasures against security threats.	3,6,9			1,3,4	A,B,C,D
Knows and implements cryptographic measures.	3,9,6			1,2,3,4	A,B,C,D
Knows and implements authentication measures	3,9			1,2,3,4	A,B,C,D

Course Flow

Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Cryptography protocols, Encryption &Decryption Algorithm	ACM 221
2	Lab: İntroduction to PGP software -- Send and receive encrypted e-mails	ACM 361
3	Authentication protocols	ACM 369
4	E-Commerce security protocols: design, implementation and analysis,	ACM 366
5	OSI security, models and architectures for network security,	ACM 361,369
6	E-mail security	ACM 111
7	MIDTERM EXAMINATION
8	IP security, Ipv6	ACM 111
9	Web security, virtual private networks, firewalls, content filtering, denial of service attacks,	ACM 369
10	Wireless network security, Wireless Topology, Risks and Protections	ACM 363
11	Network security policies, intrusion detection, misuse detection methods,	ACM 361
12	Ip spoofing	ACM 361
13	Windows security	ACM 370
14	Linux Security	ACM 369
15	REVIEW AND MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Recommended Sources

Textbook

Guide to Operating Systems Security, Michael Palmer, Publisher: Thomson, 2003 (2004 2nd ed),

Additional Resources

Maximum Linux Security (2nd Edition), John Ray, Sams, 2 Pap/Cdr edition, 2001, ISBN10:

0672321343, ISBN13: 9780672321344 Hacking Exposed Windows Server 2003, Joel Scambray

& Stuart McClure, McGrawHill Osborne Media, 2006, ISBN10: 0072230614, ISBN13:

9780072230611

Material Sharing

Documents	Presentations and Laboratory Sheets
Assignments	Homework Sheets
Exams	Old exam questions are furnished

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	2	66
Quizzes	4	16
Assignment and Labwork	10	18
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		60
Total		100

COURSE CATEGORY

Expertise/Field Courses

Course’s Contribution to Program

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop the complete systems for multi-media visual user interface. (ACM 112,262)
2	Information Systems graduates have advanced the knowledge and skills to design, develop and install the application systems for multi-media. (ACM365, 368,473)			x
3	Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design, develop and apply algorithms and data structures to solve the basic problems of information processing, within the framework of discrete mathematics (ACM 221,222).					X
4	Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop computer applications, based on user specificed requirements, using modern structured development tools and install them on various hardware platforms and deploy their usage.(ACM 311,322)				X
5	Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop computer applications, based on user specificed requirements, using modern object-oriented development tools and install them on various hardware platforms and deploy their usage(ACM 321).	X
6	Information Systems graduates know the logic of computer operating systems, the basic set of system commands, how to control access to system resources by users of different departments and how to monitor the running of jobs in the system (ACM 369, 370).					X
7	Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop data models serving different requirements, database applications that would access and process data using various types of software, including queries, reports and business applications.(ACM 211, 364)		X
8	Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop business applications that would provide data acess, modification and processing for data kept in enterprise database systems (ACM 221,364).
9	Information Systems graduates have the knowledge about computer networks, and have the skills to design, develop and monitor computer networks, how to configure them and how to maintain their performance. (ACM 361, 362, 363, 463, 464)					X
10	Information Systems graduates have the knowledge and the skills to design and develop visual user interfaces for the web, web-based applications for n-tier client/server configurations, how to deploy them in enterprises (ACM 365, 368, 412).				x

ECTS

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	3	48
Mid-terms	2	2	4
Quizzes	4	1	4
Homework	10	3	30
Final examination	2 (Including reparation)	2	4
Total Work Load			138
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			5.52
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

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