ELEC-E7470 - Cybersecurity D, 20.04.2021-25.05.2021

Topic outline

• General
  The course will be arranged virtually - that is, with virtual lectures and meetings.
  

  
  

  We use Zoom on the course; it's a good idea to make sure you have the latest version: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362233-Upgrade-update-to-the-latest-version

  
  

  The course focuses on overall understanding of cybersecurity including different types of threats and solutions and the evaluation of technological solutions. After the course students are expected to understand digital security.

  The course consists of a preliminary assignment, five lecture days in April and May, three group assignments (one of which is a case study project) and two individual assignments. Attending all the lecture days (for the whole time!) is mandatory (virtual presence is enough this year), and compensating an absence is generally not possible. All assignments are mandatory as well, and deadlines must be met! Group members will also grade each other, and this may have an effect on the overall grading as well.
  

  The course is graded pass/fail.

  
  

  This is a very high-level course; there are other courses that are much more technical. Some of these include:

  CS-C3130		Information Security
  CS-E4160		Laboratory Works in Networking and Security
  CS-E4300		Network Security
  CS-E4310		Mobile Systems Security
  CS-E4320		Cryptography and Data Security
  CS-E4330		Special course on information security
  ELEC-E7330		Laboratory Course in Internet Technologies

  
  

  NB: All texts you submit must be written by you (in the case of group exercises, your group) in their entirety. Quotations are okay, as long as they are clearly marked as such.

  Hand in all personal and group assignments as PDF files (slide shows can be PowerPoint files as well).

  
  

  The responsible teacher for this course is Professor Jarno Limnéll. The course assistant is Juho Kaivosoja.

  
  

  The schedules for the lecture days can be found in their own sections (in the menu on the left). Link to the virtual lectures can be found below - note that you need to be logged in and enrolled to see it.

  
  

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    Announcements Forum
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    General discussion Forum
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    Group Member Audit

    Grade your fellow group members according to the following criteria:
    

    • They participated meaningfully in the team work
    • They did their part of the work in time
    • Their work was of good quality
    • They communicated well with the team both online and offline

    Considering all of the above criteria, please grade your group members individually on the scale of 0 to 5.
    

    Deadline June 1^st.

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    Group Member Audit Questionnaire
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    Preliminary Assignment
    

    Follow the news about the field of cybersecurity in media (TV, newspapers, magazines, websites, reports) for the beginning of the year 2021. Write a three-page essay analysing three of the most central cyber-related topics discussed publicly and in the news (1 page per topic). Why are the chosen topics in the news, and what do they tell about cybersecurity? Prepare also a short presentation (a slide show as either a PDF or a PowerPoint file) and be ready to present it during the first lecture on April 20^th.

    Hand in two files; the essay as a PDF and the presentation.
    

    NB! Deadline April 20^th at 2 pm.
    

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    Preliminary Assignment: Essay
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    Preliminary Assignment: Essay (revision)
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    Preliminary Assignment: Slide Show