Telecommunication Device and Network Security

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
ENGE X411
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Course ID
206618
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
4
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
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Single course enrolment
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Note:
Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

This course aims to provide foundational training in methods of hardware-based security for securing telecommunication devices and methods of network security for securing telecommunication networks.

Course learning outcomes

  • Discuss common hardware-level vulnerabilities, attacks, and defences applicable to telecommunication devices
  • Apply secure hardware technologies to protection of code integrity and data integrity in telecommunication devices
  • Discuss common vulnerabilities, attacks and defences at the physical layer and data-link layer of a network protocol stack
  • Discuss Diffie-Hellman key exchange, Transport Layer Security (TLS), post-quantum cryptography and discrete-variable quantum key distribution in terms of their principles and their roles in securing end-to-end communications

Prerequisite(s)

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Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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