Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of Leicester
Course Title:
Foundations of Cybersecurity
Course Number:
CO3099
Course Description:
On completion of the module, successful students will be able to:
- Describe the working principles of modern cryptosystems including public key cryptography;
- Design and implement secure network applications using standard cryptographic libraries;
- Describe the fundamental principles of security and be able to identify the needed design principle;
- Explain the importance of security requirements in system design;
- Explain the concepts of authentication and authorization, and discuss and compare commonly used methods for each of them;
- Identify common attack vectors, and implementation issues that can result in potential security problems;
- Be able to identify and prevent common client- and server-side attacks in web applications;
- Describe the concepts of privacy and anonymity, and be able to apply mechanisms for achieving database privacy;
- Demonstrate familiarity with secure communication protocols (such as, for example, TLS) and some attacks on them.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
CRIM 304
Attachment Files:
Leicester - Foundations of Cybersecurity.pdf
