Digital securityLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You understand the importance of personal cyber hygiene for cybersecurity in society as well as corporate information security.
You know the laws related to data security and data protection.
You know the differences between cybersecurity and information security.
You identify security risks and make suggestions for improvement to avoid them.
You know how to protect your own activities in cyberspace and reduce the risk of being attacked as a company employee as well as an individual.
You know the most common security controls as well as theoretical models for building protections
You feel socially and organisationally important for the quality implementation of information security
You know how industrial systems should be protected and you can demand and discuss these with other professionals in the field.

Content

What are the basic concepts of information security?
How do you identify security risks and their implications?
What are the laws related to security?
What are security standards and certificates like?
What is open source inquiry?

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.