CB3402: Operating Systems and Security syllabus for Cyber Security 2021 regulation

Operating Systems and Security detailed syllabus for Cyber Security (Cyber Security) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Cyber Security students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Cyber Security 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Cyber Security 4th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of operating systems and security is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

OPERATING SYSTEM OVERVIEW 9 Computer-System Organization – Architecture – Operating-System Operations – Resource Management – Security and Protection – Distributed Systems – Kernel Data Structures – OperatingSystem Services – System Calls – System Services – Why Applications Are Operating-System Specific – Operating-System Design and Implementation – Operating-System Structure – Building and Booting an Operating System .

Unit II

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Unit III

MEMORY MANAGEMENT AND FILE SYSTEMS 9 Main Memory – Background, Swapping, Contiguous Memory Allocation, Paging, Segmentation -Virtual Memory – Demand Paging, Page Replacement, Allocation, Thrashing; Allocating Kernel Memory. Mass Storage system – HDD Scheduling – File concept, Access methods, Directory Structure, Sharing and Protection; File System Structure, Directory implementation, Allocation Methods, Free Space Management

Unit IV

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Unit V

SECURITY IN OPERATING SYSTEMS 9 UNIX Security – UNIX Protection System – UNIX Authorization – UNIX Security Analysis – UNIX Vulnerabilities – Windows Security – Windows Protection System – Windows Authorization -Windows Security Analysis – Windows Vulnerabilities – Address Space Layout Randomizations -Retrofitting Security into a Commercial Operating System – Introduction to Security Kernels

Practical Exercises:

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Course Outcomes:

At the end of this course, the students will be able:

1. To gain understanding on the concepts of Operating Systems.
2. To acquire knowledge on process management concepts including scheduling, synchronization, threads and deadlock.
3. To have understanding on memory, file and I/O management activities of OS.
4. To understand security issues in operating systems and appreciate the need for security models
5. To gain exposure to the operating systems security models of WINDOWS and UNIX OS.
6. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin and Greg Gagne, Operating System Concepts, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 10th Edition, 2021.
7. Trent Jaeger, Operating System Security, Morgan & Claypool Publishers series, 2008.

Reference Books:

1. Morrie Gasser, Building A Secure Computer System, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1988.
2. Charles Pfleeger, Shari Pfleeger, Jonathan Margulies, “Security in Computing”, Fifth Edition, Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 2015.
3. William Stallings, Operating Systems – Internals and Design Principles, 9th Edition, Pearson, 2017.
4. Michael Palmer, Guide to Operating Systems Security, Course Technology – Cengage Learning, New Delhi, 2008.
5. Introduction to Hardware, Security and Trust, book by Mohammad Tehranipoor, Cliff Wang, Springer, 2012.
6. Gary McGraw, Software Security: Building Security In, Addison Wesley software security series, 2005.
7. Gerardus Blokdyk, Security Focused Operating System A Complete Guide – 2020 Edition, 5STARCooks, ISBN: 9781867373353, 2020.

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Cyber Security, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Cyber Security 4th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

For all Cyber Security results, visit Anna University Cyber Security all semester results direct link.