Admission requirements
Admission only after intake, see website of the Cyber Security Academy
Elective in master’s programme Cyber Security
Description
This course will provide an introduction to key technical aspects of cybersecurity for students with a non-technical background. It will cover five general themes: (1) novel technological developments, (2) IT architecture and networks, (3) OT, (4) cybersecurity threats and (5) solution spaces. Students will be provided with a broad overview of IT and OT architecture, relevant security challenges and potential means and mechanisms for protecting and defending IT/OT architectures. Focus will be mainly on technology.
Course objectives
Participants will gain:
basic knowledge and understanding of IT and OT architectures
basic knowledge and understanding security challenges in IT and OT networks and technological security components to defend these networks (like firewalls, endpoint protection, etc.)
basic knowledge of cybersecurity threats
basic knowledge and understanding of new and currently developing technological trends, and the scope of security risks these entail
basic knowledge and understanding of solution spaces, such as the use of encryption, penetration testing and vulnerability scanning.
Timetable
4 Fridays from 9.30 until 17.00 in June/July
Mode of instruction
Lectures, seminars, exercises, class discussion
Lecturers:
Petra Oldengarm
Jan van der Lubbe (TUD)
Course Load
4 EC
Assessment method
Take home exam (100%)
Note: the take home exam is an individual assignment. No collaboration, communication or discussion between students is allowed about its content or the materials covered by the course in any shape or form. Moreover, this exam will be checked carefully for signs of plagiarism or the improper use of sources. Please use academic sources only (if necessary), and be diligent in academic referencing. Failure to comply with any of these requirements will automatically lead to a referral to the Board of Examiners, and may invalidate the exam result.
Blackboard
Yes, for posting slides of lectures, relevant literature and assignments
Reading list
Compulsory literature and literature for further consultation will be announced via Blackboard
Registration
No registration is required for lectures and exams.
Contact
Chantal de Groot, study coordinator, mcs@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
Jan van der Lubbe (TUD)
Remarks
See https://www.csacademy.nl/en/education/master-s-programmes/executive-master-s-programme-cyber-security