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UNIT II SECURITY IN OPERATING SYSTEM & NETWORKS 9
Security in Operating Systems - Security in the Design of Operating Systems -Rootkit - Network
security attack- Threats to Network Communications - Wireless Network Security - Denial of Service -
Distributed Denial-of-Service. (Ref. Book 1: Chapter 5 and 6- Part I )

UNIT III DEFENCES: SECURITY COUNTERMEASURES 9

Cryptography in Network Security - Firewalls - Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems - Network
Management - Databases - Security Requirements of Databases - Reliability and Integrity - Database
Disclosure - Data Mining and Big Data. (Ref. Book 1: Chapter 6 – Part II and Chapter 7)

UNIT IV PRIVACY IN CYBERSPACE 9

Privacy Concepts -Privacy Principles and Policies -Authentication and Privacy - Data Mining -Privacy
on the Web - Email Security - Privacy Impacts of Emerging Technologies - Where the Field Is Headed.
(Ref. Book 1: Chapter 9)

UNIT V MANAGEMENT AND INCIDENTS 9

Security Planning - Business Continuity Planning - Handling Incidents - Risk Analysis - Dealing with
Disaster - Emerging Technologies - The Internet of Things - Economics - Electronic Voting - Cyber
Warfare- Cyberspace and the Law - International Laws - Cyber crime - Cyber Warfare and Home Land
Security. (Ref. Book 1: Chapter 10 and 13)

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

At the end the student will be able to

1. Compare threat, risk, attack and vulnerability.
2. Security in the design of operating systems
3. Analyze security counter measures
4. Implement privacy principles and policies
5. Inject secure coding in the developed applications

REFERENCES

1. Charles P. Pfleeger Shari Lawrence Pfleeger Jonathan Margulies, Security in Computing, 5th Edition
, Pearson Education , 2015

2. George K.Kostopoulous, Cyber Space and Cyber Security, CRC Press, 2013.

3. Martti Lehto, Pekka Neittaanmäki, Cyber Security: Analytics, Technology and Automation edited,
Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

4. Nelson Phillips and Enfinger Steuart, ―Computer Forensics and Investigations‖, Cengage Learning,
New Delhi, 2009.

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