Outline of Syllabus
B5.3-R4:-Network Management & Information Security
S.No
Topic
Duration (Hrs)
1
Introduction to Information Security
04
2
Identification & Entity Authentication
04
3
Security Policy Design and Risk Assessment
06
4
Cryptography
06
5
Public Key Infrastructure & Message Authentication
08
6
Network Security
08
7
Network Management
08
8
Web Security & Application Security
06
9
Firewalls
06
10
Cyber Law
04
Lecture =60
Practical =60
Total class =120
BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR READING AND REFERENCE
MAIN READING
  • William Stallings, "Network Security Essentials", First Indian Reprint, 2000, Pearson Education Asia
  • Gollmann, Dieter, "Computer Security", First Edition, 1999, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
  • Micki Krause, Harold F. Tipton, "Handbook of Information Security Management",1999, Auerbach Publications
  • K.Mandia, Chris Prosise, Matt Pepe, "Incident Response and Computer forensics",2nd edition, Tata Mc-grawhill
  • Simson Garfield, "Web Security, Privacy Commerce", Second Edition, 2002, O'Reilly Publications
  • Dr. R.K.Tiwari,P.K.Sastri,K.V.Ravikumar, "Computer Crime and Computer Forensics", First Edition, 2002, Select Publishers
  • Behrouz A. Forouzan , Cryptography and Network Security,The McGraw-Hill Edition,2007
Recomended Websites
  • www.mit.gov.in - For IT Act details
  • www.cert.org
  • www.securityfocus.com
  • www.cerias.purdue.edu
  • www.ietf.org
  • www.sans.org
  • www.w3c.org
  • www.genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/faqs/www-security-faq-html