No further requirements in addition to those needed to be admitted in the Master Course.

CB6: Master the knowledge required to propose original designs or developments, often in a research process within the area of cyber security. CB7: Ability to apply acquired knowledge to solve problems under novel or almost novel situations or within broader (multidisciplinar) contexts related with cyber security. CB8: Ability to state critical opinions and judgements having incomplete or limited information in the field of cyber security. These judgements must take into account include considerations about social and ethical responsibilities CB9: Discuss in a public audience about their acquired knowledge, and the conclusions from the work. Students will be able to give their foundational and most convincing reasons to a specialized and non specialized audience in a clear way, without ambiguities . CB10: Students should have the learning skills required to continue studying in a autonomous or self-directed way. CG2: Create, design, deploy and maintain a cyber defense global system in a given context CG3: Create and refine concise and comprehensively documents, plans and projects in the scope of cyber security. CG4: Know the relevant technique part of the legal regulation in cyber security and its implications in the design of systems and security tools. CE4: Analyze systems to find attack evidences and to adopt the required measures to maintain the custody chain of the found evidences. CE5: Apply the suited services, mechanisms and security protocols to a given case. CE6: Design and evaluate security architectures of systems and networks. CE7: Know and apply the cryptographic and steganographic mechanisms required to protect data stored in a system or data transiting a network. CE8: Analyze the risks of introducing personal devices in a corporate professional environment (Bring your own device). Know and apply the measures to control the risks.

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During this course the student will acquire the technical knowledge about identification and authentication processes. He/she will get familiar with the different identification and authentication schemes and devices, including the major biometric modalities and the identity management systems. Finally the main concepts related to privacy and legal environment will be given, related to identification and authentication. Programme: 1. User authentication 1.1. Concepts and definitions 1.2. Authentication schemes. Multi-factor authentication 1.3. Robust authentication. Authentication by digital signature 1.4. Security analysis 1.5. Authentication architectures. Kerberos 2. Biometric Recognition 2.1. Definitions and working principles 2.2. Biometric systems 2.3. Security, privacy and practical aspects 3. Identity management 3.1. Life cycle of the digital identity 3.2. Identity management in distributed systems 3.3. Standards and federated systems 4. Ethical aspects and privacy legislation 4.1. Identification related standardization 4.2. LOPD

LEARNING ACTIVITIES: - Theretical lectures - Theoretical-Practical lectures - Office hours - Work-sharing homework - Individual homework METHODOLOGY: - Professor dissertations using computer and audiovisual means, explaining the main concepts involved and providing those relevant references to allow students to get more in depth in the subject. - Critical reading of international references recommended by the professor. - Jornal papers, reports and manuals for further discussion in class, to enhance and consolidate the knowledge acquired. - Solving practical cases, presented by the professor to the students either individually or in groups - Presentation and discussion in class, under the moderation of the professor, of subjects related to the course. - Development of individual or group reports.