Computer Security Lecture 1: Overview

Overview
Cryptography
Computer Security
OSI Security Architecture
Security Structure Scheme
Key Properties
Symmetric Encryption
Asymmetric Encryption
Book

Overview
 Cryptography: is the science of
secret writing and is an ancient
art; the first documented use of
cryptography in writing dates
back to 1900 B.C. when an
Egyptian scribe used non-
standard hieroglyphs in an
inscription (handwriting).

Overview
Computer Security - generic name for the collection of
tools designed to protect data
Network Security - measures to protect data during their
transmission
Internet Security - measures to protect data during their
transmission over a collection of interconnected networks

Overview
The protection afforded to an automated information
system in order to attain the applicable objectives of
preserving the integrity, availability, and
confidentiality of information system resources
(includes hardware, software, firmware,
information/data, and telecommunications)

Overview
CIA triad
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

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Ensuring that no one can read the message except the
intended receiver.
Preserving authorized restrictions on information access
and disclosure (detection), including means for protecting
personal privacy and proprietary information. A loss of
confidentiality is the unauthorized disclosure of
information.

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I O D Q N H D V W
D W W D F N D W G D Z Q

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Assuring the receiver that the received message has not
been altered in any way from the original.
Guarding against improper information modification or
destruction, including ensuring information nonrepudiation
and authenticity. A loss of integrity is the unauthorized
modification or destruction of information.

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An unbroken wax seal on an envelop ensures integrity.
The unique unbroken seal ensures no one has read the
contents

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Ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of
information. A loss of availability is the disruption
(confusion) of access to or use of information or an
information system.

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 The Open System Interconnect (OSI) security architecture was designated
by the ITU-T (International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication).
The ITU-T decided that their standard "X.800" would be the ISO security
architecture.
 The OSI security architecture focuses on:
Security mechanism
Security service
Security attack

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A process (or a device incorporating such a process) that
is designed to detect, prevent, or recover from a security
attack.
no single mechanism that will support all functions
required

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A processing or communication service that enhances the
security of the data processing systems and the
information transfers of an organization. The services are
intended to counter security attacks, and they make use of
one or more security mechanisms to provide the service.
Make use of one or more security mechanisms to provide
the service

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Any action that compromises the security of information
owned by an organization.
Information security is about how to prevent attacks, or
failing that, to detect attacks on information-based systems

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A passive attack attempts to learn or make use of
information from the system but does not affect system
resources.
An active attack attempts to alter system resources or affect
their operation.

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Plaintext
Key
Decryption
Ciphertext
Ciphertext
Key
Encryption
Plaintext

Overview
 Plaintext is the original message or data
 Secret Key is a value independent of the plaintext and of the
algorithm.
 Ciphertext This is the scrambled message produced as output.

Overview
Encryption Algorithm is a mathematical procedure for
performing encryption on data.
Decryption Algorithm is a mathematical procedure for
performing decryption on data.

Overview
Shorter keys = faster
processing, but less secure
Longer keys = slower
processing, but more
secure

Overview
Single use key: (one time key)
• Key is only used to encrypt one message
• encrypted email: new key generated for every email
Multi use key: (many time key)
• Key used to encrypt multiple messages
• encrypted files: same key used to encrypt many files

Overview
 Best known as shared-secret key algorithms
 The usual key length is 80 - 256 bits
 A sender and receiver must share a secret key
 Faster processing because they use simple mathematical operations.
 Examples include DES, 3DES, AES, IDEA, RC2/4/5/6, and Blowfish.
Key Key
Encrypt Decrypt
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Pre-shared
key

Overview
64 bits 64bits 64bits
01010010110010101010100101100101011100101blank blank
0101010010101010100001001001001 0101010010101010100001001001001
Block Cipher – encryption is completed
in 64 bit blocks
Stream Cipher – encryption is one bit
at a time

Overview
A stream cipher is a symmetric key cipher where plaintext
digits are combined with a pseudorandom
cipher digit stream (keystream).
A block cipher is a symmetric key cipher in which a
cryptographic key and algorithm are applied to a block of
data (for example, 64 contiguous bits) at once as a group
rather than to one bit at a time.

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 Also known as public key algorithms
 The usual key length is 512–4096 bits
 A sender and receiver do not share a secret key
 Relatively slow because they are based on difficult computational
algorithms
 Examples include RSA, ElGamal, elliptic curves, and DH.
Encryption Key Decryption Key
Encrypt Decrypt
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Two separate
keys which are
not shared

Overview
Cryptanalysis: is the science of analyzing and breaking
encryption schemes.
Cryptology: is the term referring to the wide study of secret
writing, and covered both cryptography and cryptanalysis.

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Security
Lab
IBM Essentials of Web Application Security
CISCO CCNA Security
Penetration
Testing Kali Linux

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