Introduction to cybersecurityLaajuus (5 cr)
Code: BY00CW36
Credits
5 op
Responsible person
Objective
You are able to recognize the importance of cybersecurity in different areas.
You understand the control based Information Governance.
You understand the cybersecurity vulnerabilities, risks and controls.
You are able to describe some important tools in defensive and offensive cybersecurity.
Content
How do you define cybersecurity in different sectors, such as the industrial Internet, energy engineering, maritime technologies, ICT, health care and financial services?
Why is cybersecurity management important?
What are security controls and why are they important?
How to defend against global threats with the help of e.g. risk management, next generation firewalls, and penetration testing?
Qualifications
No prerequisities
Further information
The course is implemented by means of e-learning.
Enrollment
08.04.2024 - 21.04.2024
Timing
26.08.2024 - 22.12.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Campus
Kotka Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Cybersecurity (instruction in Finnish)
Teachers
- Kimmo Kääriäinen
Teacher in charge
Kimmo Kääriäinen
Groups
-
KTKT24SYCybersecurity, master studies
Objective
You are able to recognize the importance of cybersecurity in different areas.
You understand the control based Information Governance.
You understand the cybersecurity vulnerabilities, risks and controls.
You are able to describe some important tools in defensive and offensive cybersecurity.
Content
How do you define cybersecurity in different sectors, such as the industrial Internet, energy engineering, maritime technologies, ICT, health care and financial services?
Why is cybersecurity management important?
What are security controls and why are they important?
How to defend against global threats with the help of e.g. risk management, next generation firewalls, and penetration testing?
Materials
Online self-study material, online resources and remote laboratory exercises.
Online lessons are on MS Teams platform. Lessons are recorded.
Teaching methods
Scheduled track:
You participate into scheduled contact lessons. You studies are progressing in the pace of the group schedule and self paced learning activities.
Blended and Independent tracks:
You study the topics by yourself and execute required learning activities. In this case contact your responsible teacher in the beginning of the studies to agree on the required activities and demonstration of your skills.
Employer connections
CyberLab learning environment
Student workload
Working load is 135 hours.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
No prerequisities
Further information
The course is implemented by means of e-learning.
Enrollment
08.01.2024 - 28.01.2024
Timing
01.01.2024 - 30.04.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Campus
Ecampus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 50
Teachers
- Kimmo Kääriäinen
Teacher in charge
Kimmo Kääriäinen
Groups
-
Master_eKampus
Objective
You are able to recognize the importance of cybersecurity in different areas.
You understand the control based Information Governance.
You understand the cybersecurity vulnerabilities, risks and controls.
You are able to describe some important tools in defensive and offensive cybersecurity.
Content
How do you define cybersecurity in different sectors, such as the industrial Internet, energy engineering, maritime technologies, ICT, health care and financial services?
Why is cybersecurity management important?
What are security controls and why are they important?
How to defend against global threats with the help of e.g. risk management, next generation firewalls, and penetration testing?
Materials
Lecturing materials in Learn, www sources and references
Teaching methods
Scheduled track:
You participate into scheduled contact lessons. You studies are progressing in the pace of the group schedule and self paced learning activities
Independent track:
If you are working in a company, organisation or a higher education project aligned with the study unit learning outcomes, you are able to complete the study unit in your workplace. In this case contact your responsible teacher in the beginning of the studies to agree with a development project you can execute in your work. Successful completion requires you study the topics in theory and practise. You must show your skills via a demonstration, which is determined based on learning objectives.
Student workload
Work load is 135 hours.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
No prerequisities
Further information
The course is implemented by means of e-learning.
Enrollment
21.08.2023 - 10.09.2023
Timing
28.08.2023 - 15.11.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Campus
Ecampus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
15 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Cybersecurity (instruction in Finnish)
Teachers
- Kimmo Kääriäinen
Teacher in charge
Kimmo Kääriäinen
Groups
-
KTKT23SYCybersecurity, master studies
Objective
You are able to recognize the importance of cybersecurity in different areas.
You understand the control based Information Governance.
You understand the cybersecurity vulnerabilities, risks and controls.
You are able to describe some important tools in defensive and offensive cybersecurity.
Content
How do you define cybersecurity in different sectors, such as the industrial Internet, energy engineering, maritime technologies, ICT, health care and financial services?
Why is cybersecurity management important?
What are security controls and why are they important?
How to defend against global threats with the help of e.g. risk management, next generation firewalls, and penetration testing?
Materials
Online self-study material, online resources and remote laboratory exercises.
Online lessons are on MS Teams platform. Lessons are recorded.
Teaching methods
Scheduled track:
You participate into scheduled contact lessons. You studies are progressing in the pace of the group schedule and self paced learning activities.
Blended and Independent tracks:
You study the topics by yourself and execute required learning activities. In this case contact your responsible teacher in the beginning of the studies to agree on the required activities and demonstration of your skills.
Employer connections
CyberLab learning environment
Student workload
Working load is 135 hours.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
No prerequisities
Further information
The course is implemented by means of e-learning.
Enrollment
09.01.2023 - 29.01.2023
Timing
01.01.2023 - 30.04.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Campus
Ecampus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 50
Teachers
- Kimmo Kääriäinen
Teacher in charge
Martti Kettunen
Groups
-
Master_eKampus
Objective
You are able to recognize the importance of cybersecurity in different areas.
You understand the control based Information Governance.
You understand the cybersecurity vulnerabilities, risks and controls.
You are able to describe some important tools in defensive and offensive cybersecurity.
Content
How do you define cybersecurity in different sectors, such as the industrial Internet, energy engineering, maritime technologies, ICT, health care and financial services?
Why is cybersecurity management important?
What are security controls and why are they important?
How to defend against global threats with the help of e.g. risk management, next generation firewalls, and penetration testing?
Materials
Kohnke, A., Shoemaker, D., & Sigler, K. E. (2019). The complete guide to cybersecurity risks and controls. Auerbach Publications.
It is informed with the first lecture
Teaching methods
Course is totally virtual. The first online session is on the Thursday 26th of January (16.30 - 18.00) by MS Teams.
This course will mostly be self-learning based on the material available on Learn platform.
We will have three remote sessions.
With the first section there is a written Assignment based on book: Kohnke, A., Shoemaker, D., & Sigler, K. E. (2019). The complete guide to cybersecurity risks and controls. Auerbach Publications.It is the most important part of the course.
With the second section you have a configuration task in the VirtualLab. Configuring a next generation firewall according given application security policy.
There is also many quizzes each with 5 – 15 questions. You will be able to do the quizzes three times. The last score will be your result.
At the end of a course we will have a Final Exam with a multiple choice quiz of 40 questions.
Employer connections
CyberLab Learning Platform
Student workload
Work load is 135 hours.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
No prerequisities
Further information
The course is implemented by means of e-learning.
Enrollment
15.08.2022 - 04.09.2022
Timing
26.08.2022 - 09.11.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Campus
Ecampus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Cybersecurity (instruction in Finnish)
Teachers
- Kimmo Kääriäinen
- Martti Kettunen
Teacher in charge
Martti Kettunen
Groups
-
KTKT22SYCybersecurity, master studies
Objective
You are able to recognize the importance of cybersecurity in different areas.
You understand the control based Information Governance.
You understand the cybersecurity vulnerabilities, risks and controls.
You are able to describe some important tools in defensive and offensive cybersecurity.
Content
How do you define cybersecurity in different sectors, such as the industrial Internet, energy engineering, maritime technologies, ICT, health care and financial services?
Why is cybersecurity management important?
What are security controls and why are they important?
How to defend against global threats with the help of e.g. risk management, next generation firewalls, and penetration testing?
Materials
Online self-study material, online resources and remote laboratory exercises.
Online lessons are on MS Teams platform. Lessons are recorded.
Teaching methods
Scheduled track:
You participate into scheduled contact lessons. You studies are progressing in the pace of the group schedule and self paced learning activities.
Blended and Independent tracks:
You study the topics by yourself and execute required learning activities. In this case contact your responsible teacher in the beginning of the studies to agree on the required activities and demonstration of your skills.
Employer connections
CyberLab learning environment
Student workload
Working load is 135 hours.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
No prerequisities
Further information
The course is implemented by means of e-learning.
Enrollment
03.01.2022 - 23.01.2022
Timing
10.01.2022 - 15.04.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Campus
Ecampus
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
20 - 50
Teachers
- Martti Kettunen
Teacher in charge
Martti Kettunen
Groups
-
Master_eKampus
Objective
You are able to recognize the importance of cybersecurity in different areas.
You understand the control based Information Governance.
You understand the cybersecurity vulnerabilities, risks and controls.
You are able to describe some important tools in defensive and offensive cybersecurity.
Content
How do you define cybersecurity in different sectors, such as the industrial Internet, energy engineering, maritime technologies, ICT, health care and financial services?
Why is cybersecurity management important?
What are security controls and why are they important?
How to defend against global threats with the help of e.g. risk management, next generation firewalls, and penetration testing?
Materials
Kohnke, A., Shoemaker, D., & Sigler, K. E. (2019). The complete guide to cybersecurity risks and controls. Auerbach Publications.
It is informed with the first lecture
Teaching methods
Course is totally virtual. The first online session is on the Wednesday 2nd of February (16.30 - 18.00) by MS Teams.
This course will mostly be self-learning based on the material available on Learn platform.
We will have three remote sessions.
With the first section there is a written Assignment based on book: Kohnke, A., Shoemaker, D., & Sigler, K. E. (2019). The complete guide to cybersecurity risks and controls. Auerbach Publications.It is the most important part of the course.
With the second section you have a configuration task in the VirtualLab. Configuring a next generation firewall according given application security policy.
There is also many quizzes each with 5 – 15 questions. You will be able to do the quizzes three times. The last score will be your result.
At the end of a course we will have a Final Exam with a multiple choice quiz of 40 questions.
Employer connections
CyberLab Learning Platform
Student workload
Work load is 135 hours.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
No prerequisities
Further information
The course is implemented by means of e-learning.