Identification and Authentication Data Protection

After the course, the students will be able to: - Analyze mobile systems and communications from a security point of view. - Apply appropriate security services, mechanisms and protocols according to a concrete case. - Apply acquired knowledge to solve problems under novel situations or within broader (multidisciplinar) contexts related with mobile systems and terminals, and wireless communications. - Analyze risks and threats of introducing personal mobile devices (BYOD) in an enterprise environment. Know and apply measures to control such risks. - 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. - Elaborate reports in a clear, concrete and reasoned way. Such reports include threats and risks modeling in a specific scenario, where mobile systems, terminals and communications take part. - Continue studying in a autonomous or self-directed way

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This course presents and elaborates security aspects and protection mechanisms against attacks related to systems and communications in wireless networks, both local area and wide area, and mobile devicies. The course program is organized as follows: 1. Cellular communications 1.1. Introduction to celullar communications 1.2. Security in cecullar communicationes 1.3. Known attacks to celullar communications 2. Wireless Communications 2.1. Bluetooth 2.2. Wireless LAN 3. Security in VoLTE convergence 4. Security in mobile platforms 4.1. Security design in mobile platforms 4.2. Mobile Device Management (MDM) 4.3. Mobile Malware & Application Development

The teaching methodology consists of following learning activities: - Lectures given by the professor using audiovisual elements to develope the main concepts and to provide additional references for further learning. - Analysis of recommended lectures (e.g., news, papers, reports). - Complementary activities to broaden and consolidate the acquired knowledge. Such activities could be of different nature: problems, discussion of practical cases, and/or exercises using the computers in order to test tools that are useful for the attacks simulation and development of mobile applications. - Elaboration and oral presentation of technical works (i.e., individual and team work) by the students. - Individual tutoring.