Module Database Search
| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Cryptography | |||
| Reference | CM2136 | Version | 1 |
| Created | November 2023 | SCQF Level | SCQF 8 |
| Approved | April 2024 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | ECTS Points | 7.5 | |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This module aims to provide students with essential knowledge of cryptography, covering concepts, standards, and schemes while emphasising its crucial role in securing computer systems. It also emphasises the development of practical skills in applying cryptography and identifying potential attacks against cryptographic algorithms and protocols. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
|---|---|
| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Show a comprehensive understanding of cryptography fundamentals. |
| 2 | Show an understanding of practical implementations of modern crypto-systems. |
| 3 | Combine theoretical knowledge and practical skills to select known cryptographic techniques for a given scenario. |
| 4 | Report vulnerabilities in digital systems deploying cryptography. |
| Indicative Module Content |
|---|
| Essential mathematical preliminaries for cryptography, digital threats, cryptographic basic terminology, symmetric cryptosystems, block ciphers, Feistel cipher, symmetric encryption algorithms (e.g., DES and AES), public key cryptosystems (e.g. public key encryption, public key signatures), public key algorithms (e.g.RSA), authentication protocols, key agreement protocols (e.g. Diffie-Hellman, key transport, station-to-station), public-key schemes with special properties (e.g. group, ring, blind signatures, homomorphic encryption), hash functions and message digests, digital signatures, security protocols, certificates and public key infrastructures, cryptographic security models. |
| Module Delivery |
|---|
| Lectures introduce and illustrate key concepts, while practical skills are honed through a series of laboratory exercises. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 30 | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | 120 | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 100% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Description: | Coursework consisting of both practical and theoretical elements covering all module learning outcomes. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| The calculation of the overall grade for this module is based on 100% weighting of Component 1. An overall minimum grade of D is required to pass this module. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | The student needs to achieve an A in Component 1 |
| B | The student needs to achieve a B in Component 1 |
| C | The student needs to achieve a C in Component 1 |
| D | The student needs to achieve a D in Component 1 |
| E | The student needs to achieve an E in Component 1 |
| F | The student needs to achieve an F in Component 1 |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stallings, W. (2022). Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice. Pearson. |
| 2 | Aumasson, J. P. (2017). Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption. No Starch Press. |
| 3 | Smart, N. P. (2016). Cryptography made simple. springer publication. |
| 4 | Stinson, D. R. (2018). Cryptography: Theory and Practice. CRC Press. |
| 5 | Pachghare, V. K. (2019). Cryptography and information security. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. |