COURSE
OUTLINE
Course
Code: LLW7101
Course
Name: ICT policy and Cyber Laws
Course
Level: 7
Credit
Units: 4
CUs (Credit Hours = 60 hours)
Description
In this modern era of computer domination, the safety and security of computer and
internet is highly essential. Most of the work today is done with the help of
computers and internet. Under such circumstance, the course like IT policy and Cyber laws becomes extremely important. Under this course a
student is taught various ways in which the internet and the cyber world can be
made more safe and secure. The security of the cyber world depends on the level
of security that keeps the flaw away. Under this course the ways to keep data
protected from being tampered or from being theft is taught. Special care is
taken in the modes of security under this course. Since
it is a master level course, the knowledge and the methods are more deep and
detailed.
Objectives
By the end of the course, learners shall be able to:
1.
Apply
principles of Cyber Security
2.
Identify
security flaws
3.
Explain
hardware-software security measures
4.
Explain
types of cryptography
5.
Conduct
software integration testing
6.
Apply
biometric techniques
7.
Recognize
common testing frameworks employed in industry
8.
Communicate
Cyber Security matters with programmers, managers, and clients effectively
9.
Coordinate
implementation effort for network attacks and defence and e-commerce systems
Detailed Course
Content
2.
Reports from ITU, UNCTAD, World Bank, OECD and WEF on ICT Policy,
as well as the ones from UN-DESA and Freedom House
3.
International Cooperation in
Cybercrime:
3.1
Child Abuse and Protection;
3.2
Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiatives;
3.3
ITU Huddle Content Collaboration;
3.4 Cybercrime Criminal Justice Network
4.
(E.g., Child Abuse and
Protection; Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiatives; ITU Huddle Content
Collaboration; Cybercrime Criminal Justice Network;)
5.
Cybercrime and Terrorism
6.
Cyber Warfare
7.
Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
8.
National ICT Policies
9.
ICT Policy in institutions
10.
IT Security:
10.1
Security of Operating
Systems: E.g., Unix Operating System Security, Windows NT, Capabilities,
10.2
Management Issues:
Organisational Issues: Policy Issues
10.3
Data Protection
10.4
Hardware protection, other
technical Attacks.
10.5
Cryptography & PKI:
Symmetric Cryptography, Asymmetric Cryptography,
10.6
Keys, Hash Functions,
Digital Signatures.
10.7
Distributed Systems -
Concurrency, Fault Tolerance and Fault Recovery, Naming.
10.8
Multilevel and Multilateral
Security: Multilevel Security, Multilateral Security
10.9
Electronic Banking Systems
10.10
Monitoring Systems
–Introduction, Alarms, Prepayment Masters.
10.11
Biometrics: Physiological
biometric techniques, behavioural biometric techniques
10.12
New biometric techniques,
biometric systems
10.13
Incident Response Incident
Response, Prerequisites to planning an IRT.
10.14
Network attack and Defence:
Most Common Attacks, Scripts Kiddies and Packaged Defence.
10.15
Protecting E-commerce
Systems
10.16
Hacking - At least Two Case
Studies on each topic.
Model Delivery
Lectures
(45 LH) and Practical (30 PH)
Assessment
Continuous
assessment 50%
Final
exams 50%
References
Cyber Laws – Singh Yatindra
Cyber Crime – Bansal S K
Cyber Law, E-commerce & M-Commerce – Ahmand Tabrez
Handbook of Cyber and E-commerce Laws – Bakshi P M & Suri R K
Thanks Dr! This course unit outline has a well detailed outline of ICT Policy and Cyber laws.
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