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Pract. |
TW/Viva |
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04 Marks |
02 Marks |
06 Marks |
100 Marks |
25 Marks |
25 Marks |
150 Marks |
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(3 Hrs.) |
(3 Hrs.) |
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Physical protection methods and damage avoidance plans :
Protection from natural disasters like fire, flood, heat, power, loss, electros tic discharge, electromagnetic, lightening etc. detection and recovery/protection methods. various backup methods for data.
Protection from intruders :
Theft prevention by fences, multiple barriers, walls, mechanical and electronic locks, guards, lights etc. various intruder detection methods.
Hardware access control :
Passwords, magnetic stripe cards, smart cards, biometric access controls.
Attacks on software and access controls :
Threats like Trojan horse, time bombs, logic bombs, viruses, worms, trapdoors, salami attack, software anomalies etc. software anomalies etc. software access control through passwords and other security products. anti-virus software and hardware products. file and database security.
Personal computer security :
Protection from data exposure, data destruction, and data copying.
Secure operating system :
Design of secure operating system. examples of security in general purpose operating system. examples of operating systems designed for security.
Data base security :
Security of conventional data base. multilevel data base security by partitioning, encryption, integrity locking.
Computer network security :
Introduction to encryption and its use in network security. port protection. node authentication. traffic and outing control. data integrity.
Data disposal methods :
Shredders, overwriting magnetic data, degausses, emanation, protection-tempest.
Reference Books :
Security in computing -By Charles P. Pfleeger, pretice hall.
Computer and communications secuirty strategies for the 1990s -By J. Ranade, consulting editor, McGraw hill.
The anti-virus book -By Saumil U. shah, tata McGraw hill.
Information security handbook -By william caelli, dennis longley and others, macmillan press ltd.
Network security -By Richard H. Baker, macgraw hill.
Cryptography and secure communication -By Man young Rhee, mcgraw hill.
