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IIK6530 - Cybersecurity

About

Lessons are not given in the academic year 2024/2025

Course content

  • Human, Organizational, and Regulatory Aspects of Cybersecurity: risk management; law, regulation, standards; privacy.
  • Attacks and Defenses: malware; adversarial behaviors; security operations; forensics.
  • Systems Security: cryptography; identity management & authentication; software security. Infrastructure Security: network security; cyber physical systems security; critical infrastructure security.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

  • Advanced knowledge of organizational and technological management of cybersecurity risk
  • In-depth knowledge of methods and frameworks for organizational and technological management of cybersecurity risk
  • Can apply the knowledge to relevant areas in own business
  • Can analyze relevant academic issues based on the subject area's history, traditions, uniqueness and place in society

Skills

  • Analyze and relate critically various sources of information and apply these to structure and formulate professional reasoning
  • Use existing theories, methods and interpretations within organizational and technological management of digital risk and independent work with practical and theoretical problem solving
  • Choose relevant methods for professional development work in an independent way.

General competence

  • Analyze relevant professional and ethical issues
  • Apply knowledge and skills in new areas to carry out advanced work tasks and projects
  • Can convey independent work and masters the subject area's forms of expression
  • Can communicate about professional issues, analyses and conclusions within the subject area, both with specialists and to the general public
  • Can follow up new thinking and innovation processes.

Learning methods and activities

The course consists of a startup physical gathering, an asynchronous online part based on recorded lectures, and a final mandatory assignment. It is planned that the students will work with issues that are related to their everyday work with a focus on technological and organizational challenges related to cybersecurity. In addition to this, students will also be expected to make a digital presentation and to carry out peer reviews of their fellow students' work.

Blackboard, NTNU's digital learning platform will be used throughout.

The entire course is normally completed in 10-12 weeks. The total workload for the participants is approx. 120 hours, including own work.

Further on evaluation

By means of a final mandatory assignment, to be carried out either individually or in small groups of students. Pass/Fail evaluation.

The submission deadline for the assignment is normally 3 weeks after the last learning activity. In the case of failure, the subject must be taken again in its entirety.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
- (IEIIKEVUH)

Course materials

  • Book: M.E. Whitman and H.J. Mattord: "Principles of Information Security", seventh edition, Cengage 2022.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From To
IIK6531 5.0 AUTUMN 2024
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Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  5.0 SP
Study level: Further education, higher degree level

Coursework

No

Language of instruction: English

Location: Gjøvik

Subject area(s)
  • Information Systems
  • Information Security
Contact information

Department with academic responsibility
Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Department with administrative responsibility
Section for quality in education and learning environment

Examination

  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
Examination

For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"

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