IS-214 Information Systems Security

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Bachelor's Programme in IT and Information Systems

Teaching language

English

Recommended prerequisites

IS-100 The role of digitalization within future societies and IS-200 System Analysis and Design, or equivalent.

Course contents

This course provides an understanding of information systems security, including essential technical terminologies, the history of the discipline, information system security policies and organizational security culture. The course is suitable for those who are interested in helping organizations to protect critical information systems and secure their networks, both by understanding current threats and vulnerabilities, and assessing the needs of secure information systems of the future.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course, the students:

•  Will have acquired knowledge of technical, formal, and informal aspects of information systems security in organizations

• Will have acquired knowledge of coordinating and maintaining the integrity of operations within and between the technical, formal, and informal aspects of information systems security in organizations

Examination requirements

Four mandatory assignments must be approved. Assignments from previous courses will not be automatically approved.

Teaching methods

• Lectures

• Seminars

• Mandatory assignments

Evaluation

The person responsible for the course decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.

Admission for external candidates

No

Assessment methods and criteria

4 hour written individual examination under supervision.

Other information

Gurpreet Dhillon (2017). Enterprise Cyber Security: Latest edition, published by Paradigm books and imprint of Aldwych Associates