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Fundamentals of the Security in Communications

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 440-2320/01
Abbreviation ZBK
Course title Fundamentals of the Security in Communications
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Telecommunications
Course coordinator Ing. Filip Řezáč, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to security, network security history, development and modern security trends.

2. Monitor, scan and analyze network traffic from a security point of view. Google hacking and traffic scans.

3. Key management and distribution, purpose of certificates, digital signature, one-way functions, types of ciphers.

4. Family of SSL / TLS security protocols, certificate and key generation tools, certification authority, certificate revocation.

5. Secure remote access management, remote access protocols, security mechanisms, secure file transfer.

6. Network and transport layer security, virtual private networks.

7. Communications security at local, national and international level, personal data protection - GDPR.

8. Security of mobile and radio networks, security of the internet concept of things.

9. Systems for autonomous monitoring in computer networks - deployment, rules, options, demilitarized zones, traffic monitoring.

10. Firewalls - distribution, functions, examples, configurations, options.

11. Systems for Penetration and Power Sieving Testing.

12. Multimedia Security - audio, image, IM monitoring, eavesdropping, steganography.

13. Honeypots and Honeynets - Description, Features and Usage, Configuration, Deployment Methods, information on the course of the test.


Exercises

Prerequisites and co-requisites for the course content, history in the security in communication.T1

Basics applications with the certificates. Security suffixes, certificate containers, digital signature.T3

Options and applications for secure connection to remote servers, secure data transfer with SCP, generation of SSH certificates, Putty, Samba protocol.T5

Wireless security, traffic simulation, promiscuity mode analysis (Assigment of the essay) .T8

Presentation of the essays - evaluated 20 points.T12

Presentation of semestral projects and credit - evaluated 40 points.T13


Labs

Scanning and monitoring the security threats, finding potential security vulnerabilities using specific tools.T2

Practical work with security libraries, creating a certification authority, generating a signing keys, revoking the certificate, realization of self-sign CA according to assignment - evaluated 10 points. T4

Creating a virtual private network and connecting, designing and implementing a simple VPN.T6

Implementation of VPN tunnel according to assignment - evaluated 10 points.T7

Introduction to intrusion detection and protection systems- installation, configuration, rules setting, logging, realization of IDS / IPS rules according to assignment - evaluated 10 points. T9

Firewall Configuration Basics - Basic Rules, Advanced Configuration, Address Translation Options. (Tutorial Project Specification).T10

Configure simple firewall and watch-dog agent using rules and detection system - rated 10 points.T11

Literature

VIEGA, J., MESSIER M., CHANDRA P. - Network Security with OpenSSL, 2002, 978-0596002701.
COLLIER,M.,ENDLER,D. - Hacking Exposed Unified Communications & VoIP Security Secrets & Solutions, Second Edition, 2013, 978-0071798761.
RASH, M.- Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, 2007, 978-1593271411.

Advised literature

FEILNER,M. OpenVPN. Birmingham: Packt Publishing,Ltd., 258p. 2006. ISBN 1-904811-85-X 
KONHEIM,A. Computer Security and cryptography. New Jersey: JWS, Inc. 521p. 2007. ISBN: 978-0-471-94783-7