Information Security Module (Academic Year 24/25) Notes

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Note Outline

This note covers all 17 topics of this module：

  • Introduction to Information Security
  • Security Risk Assessment
  • Introduction to Cryptography
  • Stream Ciphers
  • Block Ciphers
  • Hash Functions
  • Passwords
  • MACs
  • Web Application Vulnerabilities and Attacks
  • Public Key Cryptography
  • Digital Signature
  • PKI
  • Security Protocols
  • SSL/TLS
  • Phishing
  • Chaum’s Electronic Cash
  • Bitcoin

This note also covers the original questions from several quizzes of the module in Academic Year 24/25, as well as some of the points tested on the final exam. (from memory!)

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