Cryptography And Network Security

By Prof. Sourav Mukhopadhyay | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 13457

ABOUT THE COURSE :
The aim of this course is to introduce the student to the areas of cryptography and cryptanalysis. This course develops a basic understanding of the algorithms used to protect users online and to understand some of the design choices behind these algorithms. Our aim is to develop a workable knowledge of the mathematics used in cryptology in this course. The course emphasizes to give a basic understanding of previous attacks on cryptosystems with the aim of preventing future attacks. A wide variety of basic cryptographic primitives will be discussed along with recent developments in some advanced topics like identity-based encryption, attribute-based encryption, functional encryption, two-party/multi-party computation, bitcoin and crypto-currency and postquantum cryptography. The cryptanalysis part will help us understanding challenges for cybersecurity that includes network security, data security, mobile security, cloud security and endpoint security.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Stratign FZE, Dubai(UAE), SAG, DRDO, ISRO, WESEE, NTRO.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Computer Science and Engineering Systems
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	25 Jul 2022
End Date :	14 Oct 2022
Enrollment Ends :	08 Aug 2022
Exam Date :	29 Oct 2022 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction to cryptography, Classical Cryptosystem, Block Cipher.

Week 2: Data Encryption Standard (DES), Triple DES, Modes of Operation, Stream Cipher.
Week 3: LFSR based Stream Cipher, Mathematical background, Abstract algebra, Number Theory.
Week 4: Modular Inverse, Extended Euclid Algorithm, Fermat's Little Theorem, Euler Phi-Function, Euler's theorem.
Week 5: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Introduction to Public Key Cryptosystem, Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, Knapsack Cryptosystem, RSA Cryptosystem.
Week 6: Primarily Testing, ElGamal Cryptosystem, Elliptic Curve over the Reals, Elliptic curve Modulo a Prime.
Week 7: Generalized ElGamal Public Key Cryptosystem, Rabin Cryptosystem.
Week 8 : Message Authentication, Digital Signature, Key Management, Key Exchange, Hash Function.
Week 9 : Cryptographic Hash Function, Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA), Digital Signature Standard (DSS).
Week 10: Cryptanalysis, Time-Memory Trade-off Attack, Differential and Linear Cryptanalysis.
Week 11: Cryptanalysis on Stream Cipher, Modern Stream Ciphers, Shamir's secret sharing and BE, Identity-based Encryption (IBE), Attribute-based Encryption (ABE).
Week 12: Side-channel attack, The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), Introduction to Quantum Cryptography, Blockchain, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency.

Books and references

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Instructor bio

Prof. Sourav Mukhopadhyay

IIT Kharagpur

Sourav Mukhopadhyay is an Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has completed his B.Sc (Honours in Mathematics) in1997 from University of Calcutta, India. He has done M.Stat (in statistics) and M.Tech (in computer science) from Indian Statistical Institute, India, in 1999 and 2001 respectively. He worked with Cryptology Research Group at Indian Statistical Institute as a PhD student and received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from there in 2007. He was a Research Assistant at the Computer Science department of School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS). He visited Inria Rocquencourt, project CODES, France and worked as a post-doctoral research fellows at the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He was a post-doctoral research fellows and a part time Lecturer with School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 29 October 2022 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

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