Cyber security detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CSE 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 Computer Science & Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to CSE Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of cyber security is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 6 Cyber Security – History of Internet – Impact of Internet – CIA Triad; Reason for Cyber Crime -Need for Cyber Security – History of Cyber Crime; Cybercriminals – Classification of Cybercrimes -A Global Perspective on Cyber Crimes; Cyber Laws – The Indian IT Act – Cybercrime and Punishment.
Unit II
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Unit III
RECONNAISSANCE 5 Harvester – Whois – Netcraft – Host – Extracting Information from DNS – Extracting Information from E-mail Servers – Social Engineering Reconnaissance; Scanning – Port Scanning – Network Scanning and Vulnerability Scanning – Scanning Methodology – Ping Sweer Techniques – Nmap Command Switches – SYN – Stealth – XMAS – NULL – IDLE – FIN Scans – Banner Grabbing and OS Finger printing Techniques.
Unit IV
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Unit V
INTRUSION PREVENTION 5 Firewalls and Intrusion Prevention Systems: Need for Firewalls – Firewall Characteristics and Access Policy – Types of Firewalls – Firewall Basing – Firewall Location and Configurations -Intrusion Prevention Systems – Example Unified Threat Management Products.
Practical Exercises:
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Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
- Explain the basics of cyber security, cyber crime and cyber law (K2)
- Classify various types of attacks and learn the tools to launch the attacks (K2)
- Apply various tools to perform information gathering (K3)
- Apply intrusion techniques to detect intrusion (K3)
- Apply intrusion prevention techniques to prevent intrusion (K3)
Text Books:
- Anand Shinde, Introduction to Cyber Security Guide to the World of Cyber Security, Notion Press, 2021 (Unit 1)
- Nina Godbole, Sunit Belapure, Cyber Security: Understanding Cyber Crimes, Computer Forensics and Legal Perspectives, Wiley Publishers, 2011 (Unit 1)
- https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/
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