Courses Offered

COMP3355 Cyber Security

2025-26

Instructor(s):

Qian Chenxiong

(Class A)

No. of credit(s):

Recommended Learning Hours:

Lecture:	36.0
Tutorial:	3.0

Pre-requisite(s):

COMP2118 or COMP2119 or ELEC2543 or FITE2000

Co-requisite(s):

Mutually exclusive with:

ELEC4641

Remarks:

Course Learning Outcomes

1.	[Foundation] Be able to understand the principles and objectives of information security, encryption, cyber-attacks and defense.
2.	[Model] Be able to understand security models and to apply the model to achieve the security objectives.
3.	[Design] Be able to understand the basic principles of security design and to apply the principles.
4.	[Application] Be able to understand the security issues of a real-life Internet applications.
5.	[Application development] Be able to implement a practical Internet application in a secure manner.

Mapping from Course Learning Outcomes to Programme Learning Outcomes
	PLO a	PLO b	PLO c	PLO d	PLO e	PLO f	PLO g	PLO h	PLO i	PLO j
CLO 1			T			T		T
CLO 2		T	T							T
CLO 3	T			T					T	T
CLO 4				T		T		T		T
CLO 5			T	T	T		T

T - Teach, P - Practice
For BEng(CompSc) Programme Learning Outcomes, please refer to here.

Syllabus

Calendar Entry:
This course introduces the principles, mechanisms and implementation of cyber security and data protection. Knowledge about the attack and defense are included. Topics include notion and terms of cyber security; network and Internet security, introduction to encryption: classic and modern encryption technologies; authentication methods; access control methods; cyber attacks and defenses (e.g. malware, DDoS).

Detailed Description:

Computer and network security	Mapped to CLOs
Introduction to cryptography	1
Symmetric key cryptography and public key cryptography	1
Authentication techniques	2, 3
Access control methods	2, 3
Network and Internet security and protection	1
Application and web security	4, 5
Analysis and models of secure systems	2, 3
Cyber threat assessment and penetration testing	4, 5
Mobile code security	4, 5

Assessment:
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Written Examination: 50%

Teaching Plan

Please refer to the corresponding Moodle course.

Moodle Course(s)

Courses Offered

COMP3355 Cyber Security

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