IT25401 Standards in Information Technology – Semester IV – IT – R-2025

Subject Code & Name: IT25401 – Standards in Information Technology

Regulation: R-2025

Semester: IV (Fourth Semester)

Branch: B.Tech. Information Technology (IT)

Credits / L-T-P: 1 Credit | L-T-P: 1-0-0

Course Objectives

• The official syllabus gives no separate Course Objectives for this 1-credit course; it is listed under “Overview of Standards”.

Full Unit-wise Syllabus

The official PDF prints this content under “Basic concepts of standardization” and “International Standards in Computer Science”. It is split into four short units below for readability; wording is unchanged. (Content matches CS25C15 Standards in Computer Science, but IT has its own code.)

Unit I – Basic Concepts of Standardization

Purpose of Standardization, marking and certification of articles and processes; Importance of standards to industry, policy makers, trade, sustainability and innovation. Objectives, roles and functions of BIS, Bureau of Indian Standards Act, ISO/IEC Directives; WTO Good Practices for Standardization. Important Indian and International Standards.

Unit II – International Standards in Computer Science

Introduction – Importance of standards in IT – Overview of key international standards organizations ANSI and IEEE Standards – ANSI standards for software engineering (e.g., ANSI/ISO/IEC 12207:2008 – Software Life Cycle Processes) – IEEE standards and their applications in software engineering (e.g., IEEE 830–1998 – Requirements Specifications) – ISO/IEC 20000: IT Service Management – Scope and requirements – Service delivery process – Certification and implementation challenges – ISO 9000 Series: Quality Management – Overview of ISO 9001 – Quality management principles – Certification process and benefits.

Unit III – ITU-T, IETF and W3C Standards

ITU-T Standards in Telecommunications – Overview of ITU-T series (e.g., ITU-T X.509 for public key infrastructure) – Impact on global telecommunications standards – IETF Standards in Internet Protocols – Overview of key IETF standards (e.g., RFC 791 for IPv4) – Evolution and adoption of internet protocols – W3C Standards for the World Wide Web – Key W3C standards (e.g., HTML5, CSS3, Web Accessibility Guidelines) – Role of standards in web development and interoperability.

Unit IV – ISO/IEC 27001, NIST and ACM

ISO/IEC 27001: Information Security Management – Principles and Framework – Risk assessment and Management – Controls and compliance – NIST Standards and Frameworks – NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), NIST Special Publications (e.g., SP 800 series) for cybersecurity – ACM Standards and Guidelines – ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct – ACM Computing Classification System (CCS) and its role in standardization.

Course Outcomes (COs)

• The official syllabus does not list a CO table for this course.

Source: Official Anna University – B.Tech. Information Technology R-2025 Syllabus
Last Updated: October 2026