Network and Communication Security
General
- Course Code: 1971
- Semester: 9th
- Course Type: Specialization (SP)
- Course Category: Optional (OP)
- Scientific Field: Communications and Networks (CN)
- Lectures: 4 hours/week
- ECTS units: 6
- Teching and exams language: Greek
- Recommended prerequisite courses: (1701) Computer Networks, (1801) Information Security
- Coordinator: Ilioudis Christos
Educational goals
This course focuses on the basic principles of network security and management. Topics covered include: Introduction to network security, security mechanisms of Internet protocol, Technology of network analyzer, Intrusion Detection Systems, Identification of Distributed Systems, Wireless security, Introduction to secure Network management.
- Το Know the fundamental concepts of network and communications security
- To analyze and enforce the basic security mechanisms and protocols implemented in TCP/IP
- To Implement perimeter defense mechanisms (Firewalls) and Private Networks (VPN)
- To Evaluate and implement wireless communications security protocols and mechanisms
- To Know the security mechanisms of embedded devices (IoT security)
- To apply network penetration testing (penetration testing) as well as incident analysis (digital forensics)
General Skills
- Develop the knowledge of topics relevant to Information and Net security
- Develop your skills in applied scientific thinking and problem solving
Course Contents
- Introduction to Internet security: mechanisms and protocols at TCP/IP layers (IPSEC, SSL).
- firewalls: architecture and models
- Virtual private networks: characteristics, protocols
- cloud computing security, ubiquitous computing security :
- ΙΟΤ security:
- telecommunication security: 3G/4G/5G,NFC, Bluetooth, Wifi ΒΑΝ, etc)
- Penetration Testing, Digital forensics:
Teaching Methods - Evaluation
Teaching Method
- lectures (4 hours/week), invited persons from academia and industry
Use of ICT means
- moodle
Teaching Organization
| Activity | Semester workload |
| Lectures | 52 |
| Writing and presenting compulsory work | 60 |
| Individual study and analysis of literature | 68 |
| Total | 180 |
Students evaluation
Final exams: 65 %
Project: 35%
Recommended Bibliography
Recommended Bibliography through "Eudoxus"
- ΑΣΦΑΛΕΙΑ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ ΣΤΟ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΤΥΟ, Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 320065 Eκδοση: 1/2016. Συγγραφείς: ΜΑΥΡΙΔΗΣ, ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ, ISBN: 978-960-603-193-9, Τύπος: Ηλεκτρονικό Βιβλίο, Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): Ελληνικά Ακαδημαϊκά Ηλεκτρονικά Συγγράμματα και Βοηθήματα - Αποθετήριο "Κάλλιπος"
- ΒΑΣΙΚΕΣ ΑΡΧΕΣ ΑΣΦΑΛΕΙΑΣ ΔΙΚΤΥΩΝ: ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΤΥΠΑ, Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 13618 Έκδοση: 3η/2008, Συγγραφείς: WILLIAM STALLINGS, ISBN: 978-960-461-117-1, Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΚΛΕΙΔΑΡΙΘΜΟΣ ΕΠΕ
- Ασφάλεια δικτύων 6η Έκδοση, Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 12272, Έκδοση: 6η έκδ./2009, Συγγραφείς: McClure Stuart,Scambray Joel,Kurtz George, ISBN: 978-960-512-582-0, Διαθέτης (Εκδότης): Χ. ΓΚΙΟΥΡΔΑ & ΣΙΑ ΕΕ
Scientific journals
- Textbook: D. Stuttard and M. Pinto. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook. Wiley. 2008. ISBN:978-0-470-17077-9 )
- Ivan Ristik. ModSecurity Handbook. Feisty Duck, Ltd. 2010. Http://www.feistyduck.com/books/modsecurity-handbook/
- Open Web Application Security Project. A Guide to Building Secure Web Applications and Web Services. http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Guide_Project
- Open Web Application Security Project. OWASP Top 10: The Ten Mist Critical Web Application Security Vulnerabilities. http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project
- Open Web Application Security Project. OWASP Testing Guide. http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Testing_Project
- Google Inc. Browser Security Handbook. http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Main/