Emphasizes the significance of hashing, salting, and secure password storage in data security, highlighting the use of salt to prevent dictionary attacks and memory hard functions to slow down password cracking.
Covers the concept of biometrics, the process of enrolling and verifying biometrics, and the importance of balancing false positives and false negatives.
Explores the shift to secure communications through the biometric passport case study, covering RFID, identity examples, MRTD, EAC, and cryptographic protocols.
Explores access control in Linux and Windows, covering Unix user identities, file access control lists, special users, super users, and Windows' discretionary access control lists.
