FI:PV017 IT Security - Course Information

PV017 Information Technology Security

Extent and Intensity

0/0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Jan Staudek, CSc. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D. (deputy)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Ing. Jan Staudek, CSc.

Prerequisites

PV080 course should be passed before this course.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Technology Security (programme FI, N-IN)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Economic Information Systems (programme ESF, B-SI)
• Information Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-BI)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GE)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GK)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-CH)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
• Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Mathematical Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Graphics and Image Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Graphics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Systems and Data Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Embedded Systems (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• Programmable Technical Structures (programme FI, B-IN)
• Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS) (2)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, N-IN)
• Image Processing (programme FI, N-AP)

Course objectives

This course aims to provide the necessary knowledge base for a manager responsible for security of certain information technology tools.

Syllabus

• Security, security policy, security enforcing functions, security mechanisms.
• Security standards
• Security evaluation criteria
• Digital signatures, trust, PKI
• Session (communication) security (SSL, SSH, IPsec, WEP, WPA)
• E-mail security
• Identification systems
• Network payment systems

Literature

• STALLINGS, William. Cryptography and network security :principles and practice. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1999, xvii, 569. ISBN 0-13-869017-0. info

Assessment methods

Written exam.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• PA018 Advanced Topics in Information Technology Security
• PA168 Postgraduate seminar on IT security and cryptography
• PV079 Applied Cryptography
• PV157 Authentication and Access Control
• PV181 Laboratory of security and applied cryptography

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Note related to how often the course is taught: PS 2008 - samostudium, konzultace.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• PA018 Advanced Topics in Information Technology Security
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