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Hello learners, this is Dr.Padmavathi Ganapathi, Professor of
Computer Science, Avinashilingam Institute Coimbatore
TamilNadu, The coordinate is for UGC Swayam MOOC on cyber security.
The Course is the ideal Course for all of us,
as most of us are extensive usage on the internet today.
At the end of the Course, the learners will be knowledgeable
on the secured communication, healthy practices and ethical ways of
communicating in the cyber space.
Cyber Security is an essential Course today, because
there is ever increasing usage of internet, mobile devices,
online mode of operations and most of us work online, play online.
In fact, we do even the personal activities online.
Almost every day we read a lot of incidents. Both cyber attacks,
Ransomware and other cyber crimes.
The growth rate of cyber crimes is increasing.
And this is mainly due to the unawareness among the users.
And maybe sometime due to wrong Intentions, the cyber law to
handle cyber crimes are becoming stringent and most of the
unethical practices are severely punishable according to the law.
creating Cyber security Awareness is the need of the day.
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There are no prerequisites for this course.
But a fundamental knowledge in computers is desire,
who are the target audience?
whom the course is meant for? Anyone interested in Cyber security,
because today all of us are connected with each other in the cyberspace.
fundamental knowledge in cyber security's
essential for both personal and professional life.
Every day lot of interactions and exchanges take place both
personally and professionally in the cyber space.
This course does not assume or demand any prior knowledge
in computer security.
Rather, a fundamental knowledge in computers is more than sufficient.
anybody interested in gaining knowledge
on cyber security can opt for this course. The major objective of
the course to create awareness among the learners with an
introductory level course on cyber security.
Through discussions on the basics, different models, cyber attacks,
legal and ethical aspects and enable them buid cyber eco system.
Learning outcomes.
On the completion of the course, the
learners will be able to recognize the fundamental
concepts in cyber security and distinguish among the attacks,
threats and vulnerabilities.
The learners can classify and explain
different types of security architectures and defense methods.
They will be able to identify, differentiate and explain
different cyber crimes and frauds.
The learners will be able to apply different
Cyber Crime Investigation methods and techniques
for typical cases, study the cases with human psychological profiling
and develop suitable processes for forensic investigations.
They will have the knowledge to review and apply
many of the existing approaches followed in cybercrime detection
and evaluate the same.
Finally, they'll also be able to paraphrase the legal and ethical aspects
in cyber laws and employ them in typical cyber security cases
taken for study.
The learners will be knowledgeable to
appreciate and adopt the best practices in cyber security.
Let's look at the Course description and the outline
Let me project requires topics.
Week 1: On cyber security basics and security principles,
Week 2: Cyber attacks and data classification.
Week 3: Vulnerability assessment, intrusion detection
and intrusion prevention.
Week 4: User authentication methods, bio-metric Authentication methods.
Week 5: Standard security models, information security,
network security and operating system security.
Week 6: Web security - email security, mobile device security
and cloud security.
Week 7: IOT Security- cyber physical system security,
and social media security.
Week 8: Virtual currency- block chain technology and security auditing.
Week 9: Cyber crimes- types and data frauds.
Week 10: Analysis of crimes - human behavior, stylometry and incident handling.
Week 11: Investigation methods- criminal profiling and cyber trails.
Week 12: Digital Forensics- history,
challenges branches of digital forensics.
Week 13: Digital forensic investigation methods-
reporting and management of evidence.
Week 14: Cyber law basics- Information Technology Act 2000
and it's amendments.
Week 15: Special sections related to cybercrimes,
different acts and finally creating awareness.
Course duration and engagement time.
The nature of the course : The course may be a
Core course or an elective course.
Anybody even a non computer's student can opt for this course,
The number of credits : 4
The duration of the course: 15 weeks.
Assessment plan
Tutorials/Discussion forum: 15
Assignments : 2
Comprehensive final online examination i.e Computer Based test:1
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The course on cyber security comprises, 14 modules for 15 weeks durations.
All the modern pedagogies are followed to make the learning process
interesting and scientific.
So hope we meet you also with
our team of subject experts with a very excited
material and mutually beneficial learning experience.
Welcome