IKT449 Selected Security Topics (Autumn 2021)
- ECTS Credits:
- 7.5
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Engineering and Science
- Course Leaders:
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- Folke Haugland
- Geir Myrdahl Køien
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian (there may be some English content)
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
Teaching language
Learning outcomes
After having passed the course, the students should
- have a good overview over the selected security topics
- be able to understand new and complex security topics
- have a broad understanding of complex security topics
- have in-depth understanding of a selected topic
Contents
The course is composed of a series of lectures on different topics. The actual topics may change from year to year. The following is a set of possible lectures. There will be guest lectures from industry, research institutions, etc.
Possible topics:
- Security hardening (Linux oriented)
- Hardware near security
- Android platform security
- Digital Forensics
- Biometrics
- Ekom CERT
- Annual open threat reports from Norwegian authorities (NSM, PST og E-tjenesten)
- The Norwegian Cyber Security Culture (report by NORSIS)
- Critical infrastructure protection
- Advanced Access Control Schemes
Teaching and learning methods
This course consists of a series of guest lectures and exercises. In addition, there will be project work done in groups. There will be a presentation of the project.
The total expected workload for the average student is approximately 210 hours.