Course: Theory of Information and Data Security

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Course title Theory of Information and Data Security
Course code KIN/TZI-D
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Čapek Jan, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Introduction to cryptology, Shannon's theory of encryption, Symmetric and asymmetric ciphers, Vernam's and Hill's cipher, Public and private cryptography, Elliptic curves, Certification authority, Secure data transmission, Coding, Safe systems models, Data safety in networks, Firewalls, Steganography, Watermarking.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Class attendance - 280 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is learn theoretical knowledge about data security, secure data transfer and processing, focus on the organisational precaution include encryption. The student will be able to apply data security and information protection methods in praxis of the specific economic subjects, he/she will be able to chose suitable methods of information protection within the chosen subject.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Essay, Student's performance analysis

The student is lead to self-reliant work, when knowledge obtaining by his/her study is able to implant into his/her thesis. The problems solving by methods included within this subject are presented by student's self-reliant work. The student is able to defend his/her conclusions in the scientific discussion and implement it into his/her thesis
Recommended literature
  • BACARD, A. Computer Privacy Handbook. 1995.
  • BISHOP. M. Introduction to Computer Security. Addison Wesley, 2005.
  • HUNTER,J., H., D. Information Security Handbook. Springer Verlag, 2001.
  • LEIXNER,M. PC zálohování a archivace dat. Grada, 1993.
  • MENEZES A. J., OORSCHOT P. C., VANSTONE S. A. Handbook of Applied Cryptography. CRC Press, 2001.
  • SCHNEIER, B. Applied Cryptography, Protocols, Algorithms and source code in C. John Wiley & Sons, 2015. ISBN 978-1119096726.
  • STALLINGS, W. Cryptography and Network Security-principles and practices. Prentice Hall, 2005.
  • ZELENKA J., ČAPEK J., FRANCEK J., JANÁKOVÁ H. Ochrana dat. Kryptologie. Gaudeamus, Hradec Králové, 2003.


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