Information Security
Lecture.1
Introduction to
Security
Associate Professor Dr. : Essam Hamed
Essam.hamed@aast.edu
CR415 CLASS SCHEDULE
Week #
1
2
Covered Topics
Introduction to data Security Principles
Part 1- CRYPTOGRAHY :
Classical Encryption Techniques
3
4,5
6
7
Symmetric Encryption
Public key Cryptography
Message Authentication & Digital Signature
7th Exam.
Part 2 – COMPUTER SECURITY:
8
Key Distribution and User Authentication
9
Internet Security Protocols ( HTTPS), Secure Socket
Layer(SSL), Secure Shell (SSH) protocols
11
User Authentication & Biometric Authentication
12
12th EXAM (Projects Discussion)
13
Part 3 – NETWORK SECURITY:
Firewalls (types/ categories/implementation
14
IP Security
15
Virtual Private Networks (VPN ) theory and applications
16
FINAL EXAM.
Associate Professor Essam Hamed
2
9/21/2013
Most Important
Standards Organizations
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
is a U.S. federal agency that deals with measurement science, standards, and technology related to U.S. government use and to the promotion of U.S. private-sector innovation. Despite its national scope, NIST Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and Special Publications
(SP) have a worldwide impact.
Internet Society (ISOC)
• ISOC is a professional membership society with worldwide organizational and individual membership.
It provides leadership in addressing issues that confront the future of the Internet and is the organization home for the groups responsible for Internet infrastructure standards, including the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). These organizations develop Internet standards and related specifications, all of which are published as Requests for
Comments (RFCs).
International Telecommunication Union- Telecommunication Standardization
Sector (ITU-T)