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IK2002 Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks 7.5 credits

Säkerhet i mobila och trådlösa nätverk

The course represents an advanced course of security in mobile and wireless networks. It treats all currently standardized aspects of security in mobile, wireless, ad–hoc networks and in addition it also covers certain advanced aspects, like key management, certificates handling, and transactions/applications in proximity networks.

  • Educational level

    Second cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    D

  • Subject area

  • Grade scale

    A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Course offerings

Spring 13 TICSM for programme students

Spring 14 for programme students

Learning outcomes

This course has two major goals: to provide a comprehensive overview of all relevant aspects of security in mobile and wireless networks and also to introduce to students new, advanced research topics. The course will also provide possibilities for hands--on experience with developing security features.

Course main content

  • Introduction to wireless networks security
  • Analysis of threats and application requirements
  • Wireless networks security componets
  • Security services in wireless and mobile networks: authentication, authorization, data confidentiality, data integrity and access control
  • Security infrastructure for wireless mobile networks: keys and certificate management
  • Secure group applications
  • Security of mobile code

Eligibility

Prerequisites

Basic and advanced principles of computer security
Security protocols and architectures for wired networks
Security architecture for open distributed systems

Literature

Jon Edney, William A. Arbaugh

“Real 802.11 Security : Wi–Fi Protected Access and 802..11i”

Addison–Wesley, ISBN 0–321–13620–9

Additional reading materials

Examination

  • PRO1 - Project, 3.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • TEN1 - Examination, 4.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Requirements for final grade

The students need to pass both the written exam and the project assignment. The final course grade is based on the grade of the written exam.

Offered by

ICT/Communication: Services and Infrastructures

Contact

Sead Muftic (sead@kth.se)

Examiner

Sead Muftic <sead@kth.se>

Supplementary information

http://people.dsv.su.se/~matei/courses/IK2002_SMOW/index.html

Add-on studies

Principles of Computer Security (IV2024)
Computer Networks Security (IV2020)
Security Architectures in ODP systems (IK2000)
Java and E-commerce Security (IK2001)

Version

Course plan valid from: Spring 09.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 07.