ITF15015 Introduction to Information Security (Spring 2016)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible faculty:
- Avdeling for informasjonsteknologi
- Course Leader:
- Tom Heine Nätt
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is affiliated to the following study programme
Compulsory course in:
- Bachelor in Computer Science
Elective course for other study programmes.
Prerequisites
Content
- What is hacking, and why do people do it?
- Hacking and ethics
- Attack on web-based services
- Attack on applications, systems and infrastructure
- Various forms of malicious software (e.g. viruses, worms and trojans)
- Social engineering
- Review of known attacks
The student's learning outcomes on passing the course
Knowledge
On completion of the course, the student is capable of:
- describing the motivation of hackers
- explaining various security challenges and how they can be handled
- describing various technological and non-technological techniques used by hackers
Skills
On completion of the course, the student is capable of:
- carrying out simple attacks (in order to understand how to protect themselves against such attacks)
- identifying and limiting various security threats in a system
- managing and running security in an IT system
General competence
On completion of the course, the student is capable of:
- understanding why the security aspect is important
- locating and becoming acquainted with the necessary technical information
Teaching and learning methods
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
Up to six projects will be carried out during the course period. All these projects must be submitted. Submission of one of the projects can be postponed by up to a week. Any other postponement requires a doctor's certificate.
The coursework requirements must be approved before students may sit the exam.
Exam
Individual written examination
Written exam lasting 4 hours. No support materials permitted.
Letter grading scale A?F.
Course evaluation
This course is evaluated as follows:
- Mid-semester evaluation (optional)
- Final evaluation (compulsory)
The course instructor prepares a course report on the basis of student feedback and on his/her own experiences of the course. Course reports are discussed with the Committee for Study Quality at the Faculty of Computer Sciences.
Reading list
Updated 12. November 2015.
Nätt og Heide, "Datasikkerhet - Ikke bli svindlerens neste offer" (2015), ISBN: 978-82-05-48026-1
Web-based resources and distributed material that is made available on the course website.