Attack, Services and Mechanism, Model for Internetwork Security. Cryptography: Notion of Plain Text, Encryption, Key, Cipher Text, Decryption and cryptanalysis; Public Key Encryption, digital Signatures and Authentication.

Authentication Application: Kerveros, X.509, Directory Authentication Service, Pretty Good Privacy, S/Mime.

Overview, Authentication header, Encapsulating Security Pay Load combining Security Associations, Key Management.

Requirement, Secure Socket Layer, Transport Layer Security, and Secure Electronic Transactions.

Overview of SNMP Architecture-SNMPV1 Communication Facility, SNMPV3.

Intruders, Viruses and Related Threats, Firewall Design Principles. Comprehensive examples using available software platforms/case tools, Configuration Management.

Systems Development Life Cycle; concept and Models: requirements determination, logical design, physical design, test planning, implementation, planning and performance evaluation, communication, interviewing, presentation skills; group dynamics; risk and feasibility analysis; group-based approaches, JAD, structured walkthroughs, and design and code reviews; prototyping; database design, software quality metrics; application categories, software package evaluation and acquisition.

Process modeling with physical logical data flow diagrams, data modeling with logical entity-relationship diagrams.

Feasibility study and cost estimation. System Design: Design of input and control, design of output and control, file design/database design, process, user interface design, prototyping; software constructors; documentation.

Information engineering, structured system analysis and design, and object-oriented methodologies for application development, data modeling, process modeling, user interface design, and prototyping; use of computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools in the analysis, design, and implementation of information systems.

Object-oriented analysis and design through object modeling technique, object modeling, dynamic modeling, and functional object-oriented design and object-oriented programming systems for implementation, object-oriented databases.

Introduction to software markets; planning of software projects, size and cost estimates; project scheduling; measurement of software quality and productivity, ISO and capability maturity models for organizational growth.

The Scope of Electronic Commerce, Definition of Electronic Commerce, Electronic E-commerce and the Trade Cycle, Electronic Markets, Electronic Data Interchange, Internet Commerce, E-Commerce in Perspective.
Business Strategy in an Electronic Age: Supply Chains, Porter’s Value Chain Model, Inter Organizational Value Chains, Competitive Strategy, Porter’s Model, First Mover Advantage, Sustainable Competitive Advantage, Competitive Advantage using E-Commerce, Business Strategy, Introduction to Business Strategy, Strategic Implications of IT, Technology, Business Environment, Business Capability, Existing Business Strategy, Strategy Formulation & Implementation Planning, E-Commerce Implementation, E-Commerce Evaluation.

Characteristics of B2B EC, Models of B2B EC, Procurement Management Using the Buyer’s Internal Marketplace, Just in Time Delivery, Other B2B Models, Auctions and Services from Traditional to Internet-Based EDI, Integration with Back-end Information System, The Role of Software Agents for B2B EC, Electronic Marketing in B2B, Solutions of B2B EC, Managerial Issues, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), EDI: The Nuts and Bolts, EDI & Business.

Automotive Network Exchange, The Largest Extranet, Architecture of the Internet, Intranet and Extranet, Intranet Software, Applications of Intranets, Intranet Application Case Studies, Considerations in Intranet Deployment, The Extranets, The Structures of Extranets, Extranet Products & Services, Applications of Extranets, Business Models of Extranet Applications, Managerial Issues.
Electronic Payment Systems: Is SET a Failure, Electronic Payments & Protocols, Security Schemes in Electronic Payment Systems, Electronic Credit Card System on the Internet, Electronic Fund Transfer and Debit Cards on the Internet, Stored-Value Cards and E-Cash, Electronic Check Systems, Prospect of Electronic Payment Systems, Managerial Issues.

EC-Related Legal Incidents, Legal Incidents, Ethical & Other Public Policy Issues, Protecting Privacy, Protecting Intellectual Property, Free Speech, Internet Indecency & Censorship, Taxation & Encryption Policies, Other Legal Issues: Contracts, Gambling & More, Consumer & Seller Protection in EC.

It Takes More Than Technology, A Network of Networks, Internet Protocols, Web-Based Client/Server, Internet Security, Selling on the Web, Chatting on the Web, Multimedia Delivery, Analyzing Web Visits, Managerial Issues.

Modeling Decision Process; Decision Support Systems; Group Decision Support and Groupware Technologies.

Business Expert System and AI, OLTO & OLAP; Data Warehousing; Data Marts, Data Warehouse Architecture; Tools for Data Warehousing.

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Data Mining and Techniques; Data Mining of Advanced Databases.

Concept and Structure of KM Systems; Techniques of Knowledge Management; Appreciation and Limitation.