Digital security (5 cr)

Objective

You possess knowledge and understanding of the principles associated with risk management and continuity management.
You have a comprehensive understanding of cyber hygiene and information security awareness within your specific area of expertise.
You recognize common cyber security threats and means to mitigate them.

Content

What concepts are related to risk management and continuity management?
How does an individual contribute to broader cyber security?
Which are the common cyber security threats and mitigation means?

Evaluation

Students can
- find, study, produce and assess critically multidisciplinary data in their field of expertise.
- assess different strategic approaches and justify their use in terms of management and development.
- communicate proficiently and

Course material

Lecturing materials in Learn, www sources and references

Study forms and 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.

RDI and work-related cooperation

Possible guest lecturer

Student workload

Achieving the learning outcomes requires 135 hours of work.
Inluding lectures, teamworking studies and independent homework and exercises.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

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