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Security in Networks and Computers
Courses Degree in Informatics Engineering
Cod: 21181
Department: DCET
ECTS: 2
Scientific area: Computer Engineering
Total working hours: 52
Total contact time: 9

This curricular unit aims to recognise the importance of computer security in the current context of the information society, to dominate the central concepts related to the safe transmission of data, in addition to architecting and implementing efficient mechanisms to cope with the Main threats to computer network security.

Networks
Security
Data transmission

Recognize the importance of computer security in the current context of the information society;
Mastering the main concepts related to the secure transmission of data;
Architect and implement effective mechanisms for dealing with the main threats to the security of computer networks.

Introdução à Segurança Informática: Problemática, Definições, Standards;
Criptografia: Princípios e algoritmos convencionais, algoritmos simétricos, algoritmos assimétricos, sistemas de chave pública e autenticação de mensagens;
Mecanismos de Autenticação e Identificação;
Segurança em serviços de rede: Correio eletrónico, IP, WWW;
Segurança em sistemas informáticos: Intrusões e vírus, Firewalls.

Stallings, W. (2016). Cryptography and Network Security, 7th Ed. Prentice Hall, USA
Mamede, H.S. (2006). Segurança Informática nas Organizações. FCA, Lisboa, Portugal

E-learning

Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 or 3 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a presence-based final exam (p-folio) in the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final presence-based exam (100%).