Course - Cyber security and teamwork - DCSG1002
Cyber security and teamwork
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About the course
Course content
- Cyber security terminology and history.
- Legal and ethical issues in cybersecurity.
- Vulnerability in digital infrastructures.
- Identities, authentication and authorization.
- Human aspects of cybersecurity.
- Basic threat profiling and risk analysis.
- Future visions for a more secure digital society.
- Team collaboration, team building and team development.
- Work contract and conflict prevention.
- Project as a form of work (establishment, implementation, administration and control)
- Written and oral presentation
Learning outcome
Knowledge
- K1: The candidate can explain how to establish and carry out projects
- K2: The candidate can explain different models for team collaboration and team development
- K3: The candidate can explain the most used concepts in cybersecurity and the subject's most important historical development
- K4: The candidate can explain how vulnerabilities in digital infrastructures can arise and how the most common vulnerabilities can be counteracted
Skills
- S1: The candidate can convey subject matter effectively orally and in writing, obtain information to shed light on issues, and safeguard copyright in their communication
- S2: The candidate can carry out and document teamwork and reflect on their own professional practice and develop this based on feedback from others
- S3: The candidate can carry out basic threat profiling and risk analysis
- S4: The candidate can use tools to protect identities against common security attacks
General competence
- G1: The candidate can plan and complete tasks in a team
- G2: The candidate can give constructive feedback to others
- G3: The candidate can explain societal vulnerability as a consequence of cybersecurity challenges
Sustainability
The course teaches fundamental knowledge regarding cybersecurity and teamwork and offers opportunities for enhancing practical skills in multiple directions. Hence, the course contributes to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
SDG 8 "Decent work and economic growth" by preparing students to acquire practical skills for decent work in the future.
SDG 9 "Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure" by preparing students to build and manage resilient digital infrastructures.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, teamwork with and without supervision, project work, problem solving individually and in groups, lab exercises.
A compulsory exercise/task at the beginning of the semester which is to carry out a mapping of one's own team role.
An optional exercise/task on sustainability and how it could be integrated into the project work or individual exercises
Compulsory assignments
- Documents and compulsory attendance
Further on evaluation
The portfolio assessment consists of six submitted group works, which are delivered within the stated deadlines. Feedback and opportunities for improvement are provided. Final assessment after all work has been delivered.
The project is carried out in groups. The assessment basis is the group's final report.
Different grades can be assigned to the group members.
Both the project assignment and the portfolio assessment must be passed in order to get "pass" as the final grade of the course.
Continuation and voluntary repetition: at the next regular implementation. Both the project assignment and the portfolio assessment must be re-taken.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Digital Infrastructure and Cyber Security (BDIGSEC)
Recommended previous knowledge
Ingen
Required previous knowledge
Needs attendance within the Bachelor program of study in Digital infrastructure and cybersecurity
Course materials
Cybersecurity
Main textbook:
Digital sikkerhet - En innføring, H. Bergsjø, R. Windvik & L. Øverlier, 2020
Additional textbooks:
Datasikkerhet for ledere, Bergsjø, Windvik, 2018
Principles of Information Security, Whitman, Mattord, 6th Edition, 2017
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From |
|---|---|---|
| IDRI1002 | 3.7 sp | Autumn 2019 |
| IMT1003 | 3.7 sp | Autumn 2019 |
| IIKG1001 | 2.5 sp | Autumn 2019 |
| DCST1002 | 7.5 sp | Autumn 2019 |
| IIKG3000 | 5 sp | Autumn 2021 |
Subject areas
- Information Security
Contact information
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Information Security and Communication Technology