Introduction to Information and Cyber Security

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify and discuss information security risks in a variety of environments.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Information Security Management requirements.
• Apply and justify the use of appropriate cryptographic algorithms for the design and implementation of secure systems.
• Select appropriate security services for a particular computer system.

Indicative course content:

• Security concepts: threats, vulnerabilities, and risk.
• Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability.
• Information security governance, policies, standards (e.g. ISO 27001), procedures and guidelines (e.g. Cyber Essentials).
• Security models.
• Security risk analysis and management.
• Security services: Authentication, Access Controls.
• Cryptography: symmetric and asymmetric encryption (AES, RSA, and Diffie-Hellman) and Hash Functions.
• Authentication systems: symmetric (Kerberos) and asymmetric (Certificates and Public Key Infrastructures) techniques. Crypto Systems (e.g. Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security).

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Learning Methods

The course will be delivered online using the University’s virtual learning environment, CampusMoodle.

The course will be delivered via pre-recorded webinar sessions over 10 weeks of about 1 to 2 hours duration

Each topic will be broken down into multiple short sessions to allow the student time to assimilate the information.

Where appropriate a series of self-assessed exercises will be included

On a weekly basis there will be an open Blackboard session for one hour

Independent Study

A number of informative articles and videos from public sources will be made available and recommended for additional learning.

Assessment

This course is assessed throughwritten assignments, including essays.

Staff Delivering on This Course

The tutor has several years’ experience working as an Information Security Manager in a fortune 500 organisation. In this role he was responsible for documenting and auditing organisational process and Information security for several other organisations. The areas of experience include the implementation of ISO9001, Itil, ISO27001, CMMI, Cobit, and coverage of Sarbanes Oxley requirements.