| Topic | Main Study Source |
| Cryptographic Basics | Chapter 10 of Greenstein's book and Menasce's slides. |
| Cryptographic Protocols | Chapter 10 of Greenstein's book and Menasce's slides. |
| A Quantitative Performance Analysis of Security Systems | Menasce's slides. |
| Authentication Protocols | Chapter 5 of Menasce's book and Menasce's slides. |
| Payment Systems | Chapter 12 of Greenstein's book, chapter 6 of Menasce's book, and Menasce's slides. |
| Privacy and Trust in E-commerce | Chapter 4 of Greenstein's book and Menasce's slides. | Digital Rights Management | Menasce's slides. |
| E-commerce regulatory environment | Chapter 5 of Greenstein's book and Menasce's slides. |
| Client-side security | Menasce's slides. |
| Server-side security | Menasce's slides. |