COMP54515: Security Engineering and Cryptography

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• To give students an in-depth understanding of the design and assessment of secure connected systems.

• Themes will be chosen from the following:
• Principles of architecting a secure system
• Threat models and security assessment.
• Application and design of cryptographic systems.
• Principles of securing networks.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• By the end of this module, students will be able to demonstrate:
• an understanding of the core security principles
• an understanding of cryptographic primitives.
• an understanding of computer and network security, common attacks and appropriate countermeasures.

Subject-specific Skills:

• By the end of this module, students should be able to demonstrate:
• an ability to critically analyse security measures and architectures.
• an ability to recognise comprehensive threat models and design security architectures accordingly.
• an ability to evaluate secure protocols.

Key Skills:

• By the end of this module, students should be able to demonstrate:
• an ability to design and implement countermeasures against various attack scenarios.
• an ability to employ suitable cryptographic protocols to enforce secrecy, and integrity.

• A combination of lectures, computer classes, and guided reading will contribute to achieving the aims and learning outcomes of this module.
• Independent study and suggested lists of articles and books enable students to develop and apply their knowledge to real-world problems.
• The summative assessment consists of a group work assignment where students design a secure connected application, followed by an individual assessment where each student assesses the security of applications designed by other groups and write an assessment report, thus testing students knowledge and critical understanding of the material covered in the module, their analytical and problem-solving skills and the practical implementation of the acquired knowledge.

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