R23 MCA Syllabus Vaagdevi Engineering College
CYBER SECURITY (Professional Elective - II)
MCA II Year I Sem.
Course Code- R23PE204
L T P C
3 0 0 3
Course objectives:
● To understand various types of cyber-attacks and cyber-crimes
● To learn threats and risks within context of the cyber security
● To have an overview of the cyber laws & concepts of cyber forensics ● To study the defensive
techniques against these attacks
Course Outcomes:
• Analyze and evaluate the cyber security needs of an organization. Understand Cyber
Security Regulations and Roles of International Law Design and develop a security
architecture for an organization.
• Understand fundamental concepts of data privacy attacks
UNIT-I
Introduction to Cyber Security: Basic Cyber Security Concepts, layers of security, Vulnerability, threat, Harmful
acts, Internet Governance – Challenges and Constraints, Computer Criminals, CIA Triad, Assets and Threat,
motive of attackers, active attacks, passive attacks, Software attacks, hardware attacks, Cyber Threats-Cyber
Warfare, Cyber Crime, Cyber terrorism, Cyber Espionage, etc., Comprehensive Cyber Security Policy.
UNIT-II
Cyberspace and the Law & Cyber Forensics: Introduction, Cyber Security Regulations, Roles of International
Law. The INDIAN Cyberspace, National Cyber Security Policy. Introduction, Historical background of Cyber
forensics, Digital Forensics Science, The Need for Computer Forensics, Cyber Forensics and Digital evidence,
Forensics Analysis of Email, Digital Forensics Lifecycle, Forensics Investigation, Challenges in Computer
Forensics
UNIT-III
Cybercrime: Mobile and Wireless Devices: Introduction, Proliferation of Mobile and Wireless Devices, Trends
in Mobility, Credit card Frauds in Mobile and Wireless Computing Era, Security Challenges Posed by Mobile
Devices, Registry Settings for Mobile Devices, Authentication service Security, Attacks on Mobile/Cell Phones,
Organizational security Policies and Measures in Mobile Computing Era, Laptops.
UNIT-IV
Cyber Security: Organizational Implications: Introduction, cost of cybercrimes and IPR issues, web threats for
organizations, security and privacy implications, social media marketing: security risks and perils for
organizations, social computing and the associated challenges for organizations
R23 MCA Syllabus Vaagdevi Engineering College
UNIT-V
Privacy Issues: Basic Data Privacy Concepts: Fundamental Concepts, Data Privacy Attacks, Data linking and
profiling, privacy policies and their specifications, privacy policy languages, privacy in different domains-
medical, financial, etc Cybercrime: Examples and Mini-Cases Examples: Official Website of Maharashtra
Government Hacked, Indian Banks Lose Millions of Rupees, Parliament Attack, Pune City Police Bust Nigerian
Racket, e-mail spoofing instances. Mini-Cases: The Indian Case of online Gambling, An Indian Case of
Intellectual Property Crime, Financial Frauds in Cyber Domain.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Nina Godbole and Sunit Belpure, Cyber Security Understanding Cyber Crimes, Computer Forensics and
Legal Perspectives, Wiley
2. B.B. Gupta, D.P. Agrawal, Haoxiang Wang, Computer and Cyber Security: Principles, Algorithm,
Applications, and Perspectives, CRC Press, ISBN 9780815371335,2018.
REFERENCES:
1. Cyber Security Essentials, James Graham, Richard Howard and Ryan Otson, CRC Press.
2. Introduction to Cyber Security, Chwan-Hwa(john) Wu,J. David Irwin, CRC Press T & F Group.
