Courses

Current courses

Information Security (BMEVIHIM102)

teachers: Dr. Vajda Istvan, Dr. Levente Buttyan, Dr. Boldizsar Bencsath
students: Informatics, MSc
topics: cryptographic primitives for encryption, integrity protection, authentication, and non-repudiation; basic protocols for key exchange; user authentication based on passwords, tokens, and biometrics; network security protocols; web security issues; anonymous communication systems; access control models; intrusion detection and prevention systems, firewalls; malware, botnets, and unwanted traffic (spam); security evaluation frameworks (e.g., common criteria).

Information Security (BMEVIHIM100)

teachers: Dr. Vajda Istvan, Dr. Levente Buttyan, Dr. Boldizsar Bencsath
students: Business Informatics, MSc
topics: cryptographic primitives for encryption, integrity protection, authentication, and non-repudiation; basic protocols for key exchange; user authentication based on passwords, tokens, and biometrics; e-commerce security protocols; web security issues; anonymous communication systems; access control models; intrusion detection and prevention systems, firewalls; malware, botnets, and unwanted traffic (spam); security evaluation frameworks (e.g., common criteria); corporate network security; practical exercises.

Computernetzwerke (Computer Networks) (BMEVIHIA215)

teachers: Dr. Mark Felegyhazi
students: Informatics, BSc, German studies
topics: Internet structure, purpose, basic ideas; protocol layers and reference model; web, HTTP and other applications; email; domain name system; transport protocols, congestion control; datagrams; packet forwarding, Internet Protocol; routing; medium access control (MAC) principles and protocols; Ethernet; wireless networks, Wifi and cellular networks; security of applications, SSL and IPSec; multimedia communication.

Security Protocols (BMEVIHIM132)

teachers: Dr. Levente Buttyan
students: Informatics, MSc (Special on Security of Communication Systems)
topics: cryptographic building blocks, basic protocols; design and analysis of key exchange protocols; SSL/TLS; IPsec; WiFi security protocols (WEP, WPA1, WPA2); security protocols for wireless sensor networks; practical exercises and homeworks.

Cryptography and Its Applications (BMEVIHIM133)

teachers: Dr. Vajda Istvan
students: Informatics, MSc (Special on Security of Communication Systems)
topics: cryptographic algorithms; foundations of cryptography; provable security, proof techniques for cryptographic protocols.

Secure Electronic Commerce (BMEVIHIM219)

teachers: Dr. Levente Buttyan
students: Informatics, MSc (Special on Security of Communication Systems)
topics: digital signature and public key infrastructures; tamper resistant devices; fair exchange and non-repudiation protocols; anonymous communictaion systems; electronic payment protocols; electronic voting systems; digital rights management; RFID security and privacy; economics of security.

Network Security in Practice (BMEVIHIM327)

teachers: Dr. Boldizsar Bencsath
students: elective course, MSc
topics: principles and models for attack and defense; network monitoring and scanning tools; firewalls and NAT techniques; intrusion detection systems; honeypots; malware and botnets; spam filtering, blacklisting techniques; denial-of-service attacks; DNS security; VPN technologies, IPsec, and practical application of cryptographic tools; recovery from attacks and forensic analysis; lot of practical exercises, demos, homework.

Economics of Security and Privacy (BMEVIHIAV15)

teachers: Dr. Mark Felegyhazi, Dr. Levente Buttyan
students: elective course, BSc-MSc, in English
topics: economics of security; IT risk management; security investments and interdependent security; information sharing in security; economics of software updates, vulnerability markets; regulations and the role of ISPs in security defense; understanding the attackers: underground economy and spam; cyber-insurance for security risk management; economics of privacy in general and in social networks

Electronic Signatures within the Public Key Infrastructure (BMEVIHIA034)

teachers: Dr. Istvan Zsolt Berta, Dr. Mark Felegyhazi
students: elective course, Informatics, BSc, in English
topics: cryptography; certificates; certificate authority; certification chains; electronic signatures; time stamping; long-term archival; encryption and authentication using PKI; attribute to certificates; usage of electrnic signatures

Past courses

Coding Techniques (BMEVIHIA209)

Data Security (in English) (BMETKVIB721)

Secure Electronic Commerce (BMEVIHI5316)

Network Security Protocols (BMEVIHI4372)

Internet Security Architectures and Protocols (BMEVIHI9367)

Cryptography (BMEVIHI9366)