IKT449 Selected Security Topics (Spring 2025)
- ECTS Credits:
- 7.5
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Engineering and Science
- Course Leader:
- Nadia Saad Noori
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian (there may be some English content)
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Cybersecurity Engineering, Master’s Programme
- Artificial Intelligence and The Internet of Things, Master's Programme
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.