DIGITAL SECURITY AND PRIVACY

Description.

Introduction to security, basic definitions, common security threats, special requirements for network environments. Different security approaches. Protection mechanisms, identity authentication, access control, security techniques. Protection of computing resources on the Internet. Introduction to cryptography and key management. User security on the internet. Study of modern privacy technologies. Disclosure of sensitive data, with the least possible loss of privacy. Basic concepts of k-anonymity, l-diversity, differential privacy, generalization, suppression, anatomization, permutation, information metrics and iloss. Secure calculations through homomorphic cryptography. RSA and Paillier algorithms and related applications. Institutional Framework for the Protection of Privacy, European and Greek Legislation, Personal Data Protection Authority. Digital presence and digital security. Personal data and private cyberspace. Cyber ethics. Students and cyberspace, cyberbullying. Parental control. Addiction and information quality.

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