DIGITAL NOTES
ON
CYBER SECURITY
(R18A0521)
B.TECH III YEAR – II SEM (R18)
(2020-2021)
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
(Autonomous Institution – UGC, Govt. of India)
Recognized under 2(f) and 12 (B) of UGC ACT 1956
(Affiliated to JNTUH, Hyderabad, Approved by AICTE - Accredited by NBA & NAAC – ‘A’ Grade - ISO 9001:2015 Certified)
Maisammaguda, Dhulapally (Post Via. Hakimpet), Secunderabad – 500100, Telangana State, India
CYBER SECURITY Page 1
,MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
III Year B.Tech II Sem L T/P/D C
3 -/-/- 3
(RA18A0521) CYBER SECURITY
(Professional Elective 2)
Course objectives:
To understand various types of cyber-attacks and cyber-crimes
To learn threats and risks within context of the cyber security
To have an overview of the cyber laws & concepts of cyber forensics
To study the defensive techniques against these attacks
UNIT -I
Introduction to Cyber Security: Basic Cyber Security Concepts, layers of security,
Vulnerability, threat, Harmful acts, Internet Governance – Challenges and Constraints,
Computer Criminals, CIA Triad, Assets and Threat, motive of attackers, active attacks,
passive attacks, Software attacks, hardware attacks, Cyber Threats-Cyber Warfare, Cyber
Crime, Cyber terrorism, Cyber Espionage, etc., Comprehensive Cyber Security Policy.
UNIT - II
Cyberspace and the Law & Cyber Forensics: Introduction, Cyber Security Regulations,
Roles of International Law. The INDIAN Cyberspace, National Cyber Security Policy.
Introduction, Historical background of Cyber forensics, Digital Forensics Science, The
Need for Computer Forensics, Cyber Forensics and Digital evidence, Forensics Analysis
of Email, Digital Forensics Lifecycle, Forensics Investigation, Challenges in Computer
Forensics
UNIT - III
Cybercrime: Mobile and Wireless Devices: Introduction, Proliferation of Mobile and
Wireless Devices, Trends in Mobility, Credit card Frauds in Mobile and Wireless
Computing Era, Security Challenges Posed by Mobile Devices, Registry Settings for
Mobile Devices, Authentication service Security, Attacks on Mobile/Cell Phones,
Organizational security Policies and Measures in Mobile Computing Era, Laptops.
UNIT- IV
Cyber Security: Organizational Implications: Introduction, cost of cybercrimes and IPR
issues, web threats for organizations, security and privacy implications, social media
marketing: security risks and perils for organizations, social computing and the associated
challenges for organizations.
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,UNIT - V
Privacy Issues: Basic Data Privacy Concepts: Fundamental Concepts, Data Privacy
Attacks, Datalinking and profiling, privacy policies and their specifications, privacy policy
languages, privacy in different domains- medical, financial, etc
Cybercrime: Examples and Mini-Cases
Examples: Official Website of Maharashtra Government Hacked, Indian Banks Lose
Millions of Rupees, Parliament Attack, Pune City Police Bust Nigerian Racket, e-mail
spoofing instances. Mini-Cases: The Indian Case of online Gambling, An Indian Case
of Intellectual Property Crime, Financial Frauds in Cyber Domain.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Nina Godbole and SunitBelpure, Cyber Security Understanding Cyber
Crimes,Computer Forensics and Legal Perspectives,Wiley
2. B.B.Gupta,D.P.Agrawal,HaoxiangWang,ComputerandCyberSecurity:Principle
s, Algorithm, Applications, and Perspectives, CRC Press, ISBN
9780815371335,2018.
REFERENCES:
1. Cyber Security Essentials, James Graham, Richard Howard and Ryan Otson,
CRCPress.
2. Introduction to Cyber Security, Chwan-Hwa(john) Wu,J. David Irwin, CRC Press
T&FGroup.
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to:
1. Analyze cyber-attacks, types of cybercrimes, cyber laws and also how to protect
them self and ultimately the entire Internet community from such attacks.
2. Interpret and forensically investigate security incidents
3. Apply policies and procedures to manage Privacy issues
4. Design and develop secure software modules
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, MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
S. No Topic Page no
Unit
I
1 Cyber security introduction -Basics 5
I
2 Layers of Security 9
I Security vulnerabilities, threats and Attacks
3 11
I
4 Cyber Threats-Cyber-Warfare 16
II
5 Cyberspace and the Law & Cyber Forensics 19
II
6 National Cyber security Policy 22
II
7 Cyber Forensics 23
III
8 Cybercrime-Mobile and wireless devices 30
III
9 Security Challenges proposed by Mobile devices 34
IV
10 Cyber security-Organizational Implications
IV
11 Social Media Marketing
V
12 Privacy Issues-Data Privacy attacks
V
13 Privacy Policy Languages
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ON
CYBER SECURITY
(R18A0521)
B.TECH III YEAR – II SEM (R18)
(2020-2021)
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
(Autonomous Institution – UGC, Govt. of India)
Recognized under 2(f) and 12 (B) of UGC ACT 1956
(Affiliated to JNTUH, Hyderabad, Approved by AICTE - Accredited by NBA & NAAC – ‘A’ Grade - ISO 9001:2015 Certified)
Maisammaguda, Dhulapally (Post Via. Hakimpet), Secunderabad – 500100, Telangana State, India
CYBER SECURITY Page 1
,MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
III Year B.Tech II Sem L T/P/D C
3 -/-/- 3
(RA18A0521) CYBER SECURITY
(Professional Elective 2)
Course objectives:
To understand various types of cyber-attacks and cyber-crimes
To learn threats and risks within context of the cyber security
To have an overview of the cyber laws & concepts of cyber forensics
To study the defensive techniques against these attacks
UNIT -I
Introduction to Cyber Security: Basic Cyber Security Concepts, layers of security,
Vulnerability, threat, Harmful acts, Internet Governance – Challenges and Constraints,
Computer Criminals, CIA Triad, Assets and Threat, motive of attackers, active attacks,
passive attacks, Software attacks, hardware attacks, Cyber Threats-Cyber Warfare, Cyber
Crime, Cyber terrorism, Cyber Espionage, etc., Comprehensive Cyber Security Policy.
UNIT - II
Cyberspace and the Law & Cyber Forensics: Introduction, Cyber Security Regulations,
Roles of International Law. The INDIAN Cyberspace, National Cyber Security Policy.
Introduction, Historical background of Cyber forensics, Digital Forensics Science, The
Need for Computer Forensics, Cyber Forensics and Digital evidence, Forensics Analysis
of Email, Digital Forensics Lifecycle, Forensics Investigation, Challenges in Computer
Forensics
UNIT - III
Cybercrime: Mobile and Wireless Devices: Introduction, Proliferation of Mobile and
Wireless Devices, Trends in Mobility, Credit card Frauds in Mobile and Wireless
Computing Era, Security Challenges Posed by Mobile Devices, Registry Settings for
Mobile Devices, Authentication service Security, Attacks on Mobile/Cell Phones,
Organizational security Policies and Measures in Mobile Computing Era, Laptops.
UNIT- IV
Cyber Security: Organizational Implications: Introduction, cost of cybercrimes and IPR
issues, web threats for organizations, security and privacy implications, social media
marketing: security risks and perils for organizations, social computing and the associated
challenges for organizations.
CYBER SECURITY Page 2
,UNIT - V
Privacy Issues: Basic Data Privacy Concepts: Fundamental Concepts, Data Privacy
Attacks, Datalinking and profiling, privacy policies and their specifications, privacy policy
languages, privacy in different domains- medical, financial, etc
Cybercrime: Examples and Mini-Cases
Examples: Official Website of Maharashtra Government Hacked, Indian Banks Lose
Millions of Rupees, Parliament Attack, Pune City Police Bust Nigerian Racket, e-mail
spoofing instances. Mini-Cases: The Indian Case of online Gambling, An Indian Case
of Intellectual Property Crime, Financial Frauds in Cyber Domain.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Nina Godbole and SunitBelpure, Cyber Security Understanding Cyber
Crimes,Computer Forensics and Legal Perspectives,Wiley
2. B.B.Gupta,D.P.Agrawal,HaoxiangWang,ComputerandCyberSecurity:Principle
s, Algorithm, Applications, and Perspectives, CRC Press, ISBN
9780815371335,2018.
REFERENCES:
1. Cyber Security Essentials, James Graham, Richard Howard and Ryan Otson,
CRCPress.
2. Introduction to Cyber Security, Chwan-Hwa(john) Wu,J. David Irwin, CRC Press
T&FGroup.
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to:
1. Analyze cyber-attacks, types of cybercrimes, cyber laws and also how to protect
them self and ultimately the entire Internet community from such attacks.
2. Interpret and forensically investigate security incidents
3. Apply policies and procedures to manage Privacy issues
4. Design and develop secure software modules
CYBER SECURITY Page 3
, MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
S. No Topic Page no
Unit
I
1 Cyber security introduction -Basics 5
I
2 Layers of Security 9
I Security vulnerabilities, threats and Attacks
3 11
I
4 Cyber Threats-Cyber-Warfare 16
II
5 Cyberspace and the Law & Cyber Forensics 19
II
6 National Cyber security Policy 22
II
7 Cyber Forensics 23
III
8 Cybercrime-Mobile and wireless devices 30
III
9 Security Challenges proposed by Mobile devices 34
IV
10 Cyber security-Organizational Implications
IV
11 Social Media Marketing
V
12 Privacy Issues-Data Privacy attacks
V
13 Privacy Policy Languages
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