Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security 

offered by IIM Jammu

Divisibility, Modular Arithmetic, Algorithms for Integer Operations

Prime Numbers, Congruence, Solving Congruences, Fermat?s Little Theorem

Sets, Relations and Mapping, Closure property, Monoied, Group.

Rings and Fields, Operations on Finite Field, Polynomials over Finite Field.

Random Variable and Sample Space, Expectation and Variance

Classical Encryption Scheme and their Cryptanalysis: Shift Cipher

Block Ciphers and Stream Ciphers: Substitution Permutation Networks, Linear Cryptanalysis

Asymmetric Cryptography: RSA, Diffie Hellman, Elliptic Curve

Hash Function, Message Authentication, and Digital Signature schemes

History of Computer Networking, Packet and Circuit Switching, Delays, Protocol Layers

Application Layer, Network Application Architecture, Web and HTTP, FTP, SMTP, DNS

Transport Layer, Multiplexing and Demultiplexing, UDP, Reliable Data Delivery Principles, TCP

Network Layer, Virtual Circuit and Datagram Networks, IP, Routing and Forwarding, Router

Link Layer, Error Detection and Correction, Multiple Access Control, Ethernet 802.

Switching, Switches, VLANs

Wireless Links, 802.11 Architecture and Protocols, Bluetooth and Zigbe

Physical Layer ? Wireless Propagation and Performance Analysis

Introduction to Operating Systems: OS Evolution, Services, System Calls, Operating System Structure and Architecture, System Programme, OS Booting

Process Concepts and Scheduling, Inter-process Communication, Threads, and Multithreading Concepts

CPU Scheduling, Scheduling Algorithms, Multiprocessor Scheduling, Process Synchronization, Monitors, Semaphores, Deadlocks

Memory Management: Paging, Memory Allocation, Swapping, Virtual Memory, Thrashing

Storage Management: File Concepts, Directory Concepts, Allocation Methods, Free Space Management, Disk Management, and Scheduling

Access Control and Authentication, Memory Protection Concepts, Programme Threats, Malware Analysis

Introduction to Cyber Security- What is Cyber Security, Cyber Threats, CIA Principles, OSI Security Architecture

Cyber Kill Chain/Hacking methodologies, MITRE Attack Framework

Multilevel Security Models: Bell LaPadula Model and Biba Model

Security Design Concepts: Principle of Least Privilege, Defense in Depth, Compartmentalization

Cyber Attacks Case Study and Discussions, Cyber Security Resources and References

Identify and choose issues of practical importance in the area of security

Learn how to get systematic literature on a technical subject and perform critical thinking, aims and motivation

Learn components of a good technical presentation/report, soft skills

Learn comparative analysis, how to identify gaps, practical implementation, verification and validation of technical content

Final presentation, feedbacks and discussion

Introduction to Web Application Security: OWASP security risks, XSS, CSRF, SSRF Attacks and Countermeasures

Symmetric Key Distribution Techniques, Public Key Infrastructure and Applications, HTTPS, TLS, X.509

DNS and Email Security: Cache Poisoning, Reflection, Tunneling, Spoofing, DNSSEC

Attacks on Transport Layer, Network Layer and Data Link Layer and their countermeasures, Network Programming Concepts

Intrusion Detection Systems, Firewalls, Proxies, Caches, Honeypots, Case Studies

Fundamentals of Digital Forensics

Multimedia Forensics, Format Based Forensics, Pixel-based Forensics, Statistical Based Forensics, Camera Based Forensics, Homomorphic Encryption

Framework for Digital Forensics Evidence Collection and Processing, Incident Response

Disk and Mobile Forensic techniques, Mobile Device Security Analysis, Incident Response

Fundamentals of Linux and Windows OS

Programme Binary Formats, Libraries Linkers and Loaders, Process Layout, Stack Layout, Heap Layout and Customisation

Programming Language Weakness, Stack Smashing Heap Spray, Return Oriented Programming

Principles of Defences, Address Space Randomization, Stack Canaries, Data Execution Prevention

Vulnerability Analysis and Standardization, Scanners, Binary Diffing, Malwares and Analysis

Reverse Engineering, Use Cases and Examples

Software Security Issues and Best Practices

OWASP Cloud Security Risks, Virtualization and related setbacks, Co Residency Attacks and Countermeasures

Hyperjacking, Rootkits, Hypervisor Vulnerabilities, XEN, KVM and Related Case Studies, Defenses in Azure, AWS, Data Security

IoT and SDN Security Issues and Challenges

Machine Learning for Security- Application of Machine Learning in Solving Various Problems in The Domain of Security, Deep Fake Detection

Data Security and Privacy issues; Frameworks and Standards, Cyber Security Laws

Problem Statement Discussion and Literature Survey

Research Gaps Identification, Architecture The Solution

Experimentations and Analysis

Article or Publication Writing and Demonstrations