Cryptography, cybercriminality

PROJECT

European Virtual Learning Platform for Electrical and Information Engineering
http://www.techepdia.eu

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

AUTHOR

Miguel Soriano

ANNOTATION

This module contains some necessary information for the basic orientation of students in the field of cryptography and cybercriminality.

OBJECTIVES

This module provides some basic information about cryptography and cybercriminality. The first part of the course is designed to introduce the students and help it become better acquainted with the possibilities that cryptography can offer to provide information security. Therefore, the course includes a brief overview of public-key and secret-key cryptography and algorithms. The second part is devoted to introduce the concept of cybercrime, and a classification of the attack techniques. Finally, some basic prevention tips are provided

KEYWORDS

Cryptography, secret-key ciphers, public-key ciphers, digital signature, digital certificate, cybercrime, hacking

LITERATURE

[1] Bruce Schneier: Applied Cryptography. John Kiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1994
[2] William Stallings: Cryptography and Network Security. Principles and Practices. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2003
[3] Vesna Hassler: Security Fundamentals for E-Commerce. Artech House, Boston, 2001
[4] Rolf Oppliger: Internet and Intranet Security. Artech House, Boston, 2002
[5] Michael Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia: Introduction to Computer Security, 2010
[6] John R. Vacca: Computer and Information Security Handbook (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Security), 2009
[7] Jason Andress: The Basics of Information Security: Understanding the Fundamentals of InfoSec in Theory and Practice, Elsevier, 2011

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