This course aims to provide an overview of
cyber security. Most topics of the cybersecurity are covered (attacks,
malwares, security policy, security mechanisms, user authentication, symmetric
and asymmetric Cryptography, network security, personal data protection). For
each type of attack or malware we propose some solutions to prevent them.
Regarding security policy, we present the Discretionary Access Control (DAC)
policy and several types of Mandatory Access Control (MAC) policy. We also
review the main existing tools to control information flows in a network, like
firewall or proxy server. We present several ways to authenticate a user like
password or two-factor authentication. We give a comprehensive overview of the
main cryptographic mechanisms for encryption and integrity protection. We review several uses of asymmetric
encryption like digital signatures or symmetric key exchange. We also address the issue of personal data protection and
give an overview of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Enseignant: Alban Gabillon