SYLLABUS

UNIT-I

Concept of information society, knowledge society, cyber space, digital economy, critical infrastructure. Critical information infrastructure, internet as global Information infrastructure.

UNIT-II

Cyber terrorism, terrorist atrocities, the role of IT by terrorist, the power of cyber terrorism, characteristic of cyber terrorism , factors contributing to the existence of cyber terrorism, real examples of cyber terrorism, political orientation of terrorism, economic consequences.

UNIT-III

Cybercrime, types of cybercrime: hacking, virus, worm, Trojan horse, mall ware, fraud and theft, cyber homicide, current cyber-attack methods, criminal threats to IT infrastructure, web security, basic cyber forensics, internal penetration, external penetration, your role on cyber-attacks. Cybercrimes and law, cyber jurisdiction, Indian IT ACT.

UNIT-IV

Fundamental concepts of information security, information warfare, levels of information war, cost of information warfare, cyber disaster planning, why disaster planning, companywide disaster planning, business impact analysis.