Curricula

Objective

You will be familiar with the main areas of information security: legislation, data protection, directives, data classification, standards and frameworks. You will understand how these impact and how they can be used in personal, societal and organisational information security.

EUR-ACE Knowledge and understanding
You know the basic principles of information security. You understand their relevance to personal, societal and organisational information security.

EUR-ACE Engineering practice
You will be able to analyse and identify threats to information security by applying practice and theory.

Content

By the end of this course, you will have mastered the main aspects of information security, such as legislation, data protection, directives, data classification, standards and frameworks. You will understand how these impact and how they can be applied to personal, societal and organisational information security. The course will equip you with the skills to analyse threats to information security, applying both practice and theory, and identify potential risks. You will be familiar with the basic principles of information security and understand their importance at different levels.

Legislation, directives
Data protection and data classification
Standards and frameworks
Personal data security
Social information security
Organisational security

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Accepted: the course requires the successful completion of the course assignments by the due date. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge of key information security concepts and objectives. Identify the importance and aspects of information security in your chosen subject area.

Further information

Cybersecurity 5cr course is divided into smaller parts and the contents are exactly the same.

Basics of Cyber Security 1cr
Basics of Information Security 1cr
Cyber Security for Engineers 3cr