Project funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme
Project Reference No. 527877-LLP-1-2012-1-UK-ERASMUS-ENW
Module Specification
Module name: Advanced Network Security
Code: ICT15M2
Programme (Energy/ICT): ICT
ECTS: 6
Type Bachelor/Msc : MSc
Module name: Advanced Network Security
Scope and form: Face to face
Duration (weeks; Hours/week): 15 weeks, 2,5h/week
Type of assessment:
1) Homework assignments: The course contains several obligatory homework
assignments. Assignments are supervised and graded during practice times. Maximum
summary points for all assignments: 30.
2) Essay: In order to pass the course, each student has to write an essay Maximum points:
10.
3) Exam: In order to pass the course, each student has to pass the written exam.
Maximum points: 60.
4) Final evaluation: The final grade for each student is calculated using a summary score
of the homework assignments, essay and the exam, ie. 10% for the essay, 30% for the
homework assigments and 60% for the exam.
The grades are assigned as follows:
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More than 90 points: grade 5 (excellent)
80 - 90 points: grade 4 (very good)
70 - 80 points: grade 3 (good)
60 - 70 points: grade 2 (satisfactory)
50 - 60 points: grade 1 (pass)
Below 50 points: grade 0 (failed)
Qualified Prerequisites: No
General module objectives:
Give an overview and introduction to:
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organisational and legal aspects of cyber security,
principles and defence against denial of service (DDOS) and hacking attacks,
principles and defence against viruses and malware,
eavesdropping the network and secure communication channels,
recognizing and managing security incidents,
symmetric key cryptography,
asymmetric key cryptography,
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Project Coordinator: Tony Ward, University of York
Email: tony.ward@york.ac.uk
Project funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme
Project Reference No. 527877-LLP-1-2012-1-UK-ERASMUS-ENW
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principles of digital signatures
Topics and short description:
Overview of the main areas of cyberdefence: organizational/legal aspects, attacks and
defence, cryptoalgorithms and their applications
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge
Skills
Competences
Cyber security
Security standards, legal
Organizational and legal
frameworks.
aspects of cybersecurity.
Authentication.
Basic principles of security.
Authorization. Passwords.
Attack principles
DDOS, Botnet
Defence techniques
Cryptography
Cryptographic algorithms
Use of cryptographic
and their principles.
algorithms
Certificates. PKI. SSL/TLS.
Digital Signatures. Crypto
currency
Module recommended literature:
Special Considerations: Generically none for this module but should be commented on by the
institution delivering the module.
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Project Coordinator: Tony Ward, University of York
Email: tony.ward@york.ac.uk