Management of cyber security

On this course, you learn about cybersecurity measures and techniques and methods related to them. You learn to understand the information assurance fundamentals (CIA + Parker + ISO). You will also Course is suitable for example to IT-managers who want to learn more about cyber security and need to know about privacy, vulnerabilities and professional security analysis and designlearn what is social responsibility associated with cybersecurity, the related matters as/to business, legalization, and privacy.

Topics:

• cryptography techniques
• operating systems and application security
• threats, vulnerabilities and attacks
• security models
• security analysis and security design
• risk management and risk mitigation
• physical security
• compliance, standards, policies and best practices
• cybersecurity frameworks
• main authority organizations

After the course, the student is able to apply cyber security practices and the mitigation techniques to avoid attacks and violations in an organization, and to use the main software tools for cyber security management. With respect of the generic skills, the student has learned organizational operation skills, interpersonal skills, problem-solving and decision-making skills as well as critical thinking.

Teaching methods:

It is possible to complete the course online, but the schedule is fixed.

More information on University of Vaasa’s course page.