IKT626 Main Results and Research Topics in Security (Autumn 2021)

After completing the course, the student is expected to:

• have overview and background information of main results, research questions and research methods within security in communication systems
• be able to discuss security issues and how these issues relate to their own specialisation
• be able to work with security-related problems of mobile communication and computing related to their own specialisation

The course will cover selected topics among the following:

• Cryptography: classic cryptosystems, symmetric key cryptography, public key cryptography, hash functions, random numbers, information hiding, and cryptanalysis
• Access control: authentication and authorisation, password based security, ACLs and capabilities, multilevel and multilateral security, Bell-LaPadula and Biba's models, RBAC
• Protocols: simple authentication protocols, session keys, perfect forward secrecy, timestamps, SSL, IPSec, Kerberos.
• Software: flaws and malware, buffer overflows, viruses and worms.
• Generic archetypes in mobile security
• Some other selected areas of security will be also considered (vary from year to year)

The actual content will vary from year to year.