Email and Web Security MQF LEVEL
6
STMARTINS.EDU/COMPUTING
TOTAL CREDITS: 7ECTS
This unit aims to give students more background into security concepts related to email and the web. At the end of this unit the student will have acquired the responsibility and autonomy to: — recognise most relevant threats to email and web; — understand different schemes which provide security services for email security – namely PGP and S/MIME; — describe the services provided by PGP: authentication, confidentiality, compression, compatibility and segmentation; — understand how S/MIME operates in relation to email security; — understand the roles of SSL, TLS and SSH in network security; — understand the security model of the web; — recognise the evolution towards client-centric security; — recognise the latest evolutions for HTTPS deployments; — understand how to secure the authentication process in web security; — understand how various attacks on web sites and web servers take place; — understand in detail the injection attacks; — recognise the need for secure password storage; — recognise best practices for building secure web applications. The assessment for this unit will be computed using the following weighting system: — 30% Assessed Coursework — 70% Examinations
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