Previous year question paper for ISRM (B-TECH information technology 6th)

1. Essentials of Information Security, Security Threats – Intruders, Viruses, Worms, and other

Threats, Vulnerabilities, Cyber Crime and Hacker, Security Assessment, Analysis and

Assurance, Role of Cryptography, The Data encryption Standard (DES), Analyzing and

Strengthening of DES, Introduction to Advance Encryption Standard (AES)

2. Concept and Characteristics of Public Key Encryption system, Introduction to MerkleHellman

Knapsacks, Rivets – Shamir-Adlman (RSA) Encryption. Hash Algorithms, Message

Digest Algorithms such as MD4 and MD5, Secure Hash Algorithms such as SH1 and

SHA2.Digital Signature Standard.

3. Network Security Issues such as Impersonation, Message Confidentiality, Message Integrity,

Code Integrity, Denial of Service, Firewalls, DMZs, Virtual Private Networks. Web Security,

Email Security, Pretty Good Privacy

4. Risk Management and Security planning –Risk management Process Overview and Life

Cycle Activities, Information Security Life Cycle, Risk Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Risk

Assessment Process, Methodology, Threat assessment, Modes of risk analysis – Effective Risk

analysis, Risk Mitigation, Qualitative Risk Analysis, Value Analysis, Case Study of IT Organization