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Introduction to cybersecurity (5 cr)

Code: BY00CW36-3012

General information


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.