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IIK6531 - Cybersecurity

About

Examination arrangement

Examination arrangement: Assignment
Grade: Passed / Not Passed

Evaluation Weighting Duration Grade deviation Examination aids
Assignment 100/100

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

  • Broad knowledge of organizational and technological management of cybersecurity risk
  • Is familiar with methods and frameworks for organizational and technological management of cybersecurity risk
  • Can update own knowledge to relevant areas in own business
  • Knowledge about relevant academic issues based on the subject area's history, traditions, uniqueness and place in society

Skills

  • Can apply various sources of information and apply these to structure and formulate professional reasoning
  • Can reflect upon existing theories, methods and interpretations within organizational and technological management of digital risk and independent work with practical and theoretical problem solving
  • Can find, evaluate and refer to relevant methods for professional development work in an independent way

General competence

  • Insight into relevant professional and ethical issues
  • Can plan and carry out varied work tasks and projects
  • Can communicate important academic subjects and masters the subject area's forms of expression
  • Can exchange opinions and experiences with others with a background in the field, thereby contributing to development of good practice
  • Is familiar with 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:
- (IEIIKEVUL)

Required previous knowledge

  • Completed upper secondary school / general higher education entrance requirement "generell studiekompetanse"
  • Minimum two years relevant work experience
  • Working conditions must be documented with a certificate from the employer describing the type of job / work tasks, job percentage and duration.

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
IIK6530 5.0 AUTUMN 2024
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Facts

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

Coursework

Term no.: 1
Teaching semester:  SPRING 2025

Language of instruction: English

Location: Gjøvik

Subject area(s)
  • Information Systems
  • Information Security
Contact information
Course coordinator:

Department with academic responsibility
Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

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

Examination

Examination arrangement: Assignment

Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
Spring ORD Assignment 100/100 INSPERA
Room Building Number of candidates
  • * 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

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