E-Commerce and Cyber Security (Minor-6-01)

Introduction to Electronic Commerce

6 topics

• Concepts of e-Commerce
• Aims of e-Commerce
• e-Commerce Framework
• e-Commerce Consumer Applications
• e-Commerce Organizational Applications
• Introduction to m-Commerce

Network Infrastructure of e-Com, Payment and Security

5 topics

• Concepts of Information Way (I-Way)
• Components of I-Way: Network Access Equipment, Local on-ramps, Global Information Distribution Network
• Transaction Models
• e-Commerce Payments and Security Issues: e-Commerce Payment Systems; Debit Card Based, Credit Card Based, Risks & EPS; e-Cash, e-Cheque, e-wallet
• Security on Web, SSL

Introduction to Cyber Crimes

5 topics

• Category of Cyber Crimes
• Technical Aspects: Unauthorized access & Hacking; Trojan, Virus and Worm Attacks; E-Mail related Crimes (Spoofing, Spamming, Bombing); Denial of Service Attacks; Distributed Denial of Service Attack
• Various crimes: IPR Violations (Software piracy, Copyright Infringement, Trademarks Violations, Theft of Computer source code, Patent Violations)
• Cyber Squatting, Cyber Smearing, Cyber Stacking
• Financial Crimes (Banking, credit card, Debit card related)

Cyber Security Fundamentals

5 topics

• Concepts of Cyber Security: types of threats; advantages of Cyber Security
• Basic Terminologies: IP Address, MAC Address; Domain Name Server (DNS); DHCP, Router, Bots
• Common Types of Attacks: Distributed Denial of Service; Man in the Middle, Email Attack; Password Attack, Malware
• Hackers and vulnerabilities: Injection attacks, changes in security settings, exposure of sensitive data, breach in authentication protocol
• Types of Hackers: White hat and Black hat

Previous-year question papers

Published by VNSGU. These open on the university’s own site.

• February 2026E- Commerce and Cyber Security (New) - Minor (Paper - 601-01)

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