Cyber Security · PEC-IT702F

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Official MAKAUT Syllabus at a Glance

Unit	Syllabus
1	Introduction: Introduction to Cyber Security, Importance and challenges in Cyber Security, Cyberspace, Cyber threats, Cyberwarfare, CIA Triad, Cyber Terrorism, Cyber Security of Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity - Organizational Implications.
2	Hackers and Cyber Crimes: Types of Hackers, Hackers and Crackers, Cyber-Attacks and Vulnerabilities, Malware threats, Sniffing, Gaining Access, Escalating Privileges, Executing Applications, Hiding Files, Covering Tracks, Worms, Trojans, Viruses, Backdoors.
3	Ethical Hacking and Social Engineering: Ethical Hacking Concepts and Scopes, Threats and Attack Vectors, Information Assurance, Threat Modelling, Enterprise Information Security Architecture, Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing, Types of Social Engineering, Insider Attack, Preventing Insider Threats, Social Engineering Targets and Defence Strategies.
4	Cyber Forensics and Auditing: Introduction to Cyber Forensics, Computer Equipment and associated storage media, Role of forensics Investigator, Forensics Investigation Process, Collecting Network based Evidence, Writing Computer Forensics Reports, Auditing, Plan an audit against a set of audit criteria, Information Security Management System Management. Introduction to ISO 27001:2013
5	Cyber Ethics and Laws: Introduction to Cyber Laws, E-Commerce and E-Governance, Certifying Authority and Controller, Offences under IT Act, Computer Offences and its penalty under IT Act 2000, Intellectual Property Rights in Cyberspace. at Network Layer-IPSec. (The last phrase "at Network Layer-IPSec" is a printing leftover in the official syllabus.)

Reading Guide

★★★ Must-do · ★★ Important · ★ Asked · ☆ Not asked yet
recent papers = this subject's current MAKAUT papers (they set the stars) · other papers = older-scheme and other-branch MAKAUT papers
PYQ added from past papers (not named in the syllabus)
bridge background needed for later topics
Topics are in study order: each one builds on the ones before it. A topic without a link is not written yet.
Short on time? → Priority List
How long each topic takes → Reading Time
Finished a topic? Tick Mark as done at its end · what's left → Progress

Topic Map

Unit 1 · Introduction

1.1Introduction to Cyber Security★
1.2Cyberspace★
1.3CIA Triad★★★
1.4Cyber Threats: Core Terminology★
1.5Cyberwarfare & Cyber Terrorism★
1.6Cyber Security of Critical Infrastructure☆
1.7Organizational Implications of Cybersecurity★
1.8Networking Basics for Security★★ bridge

Unit 2 · Hackers and Cyber Crimes

14 syllabus items → 17 topics: small items are merged (the five hacking steps → 2.7), broad ones ("cyber-attacks", "cyber crimes") are split into exam-sized topics, and 2 PYQ topics come from past papers.