Information Security & Policy
General
Code: BSC_IT26
Language: English
Delivery: In person
Prerequisites:
Workload
- Lectures: 52.0 hours
- Lab: 0.0 hours
- Study: 45.5 hours
- Project: 90.0 hours
Course Content
Week 1: Introduction to information security
Week 2: Threats, attacks, vulnerabilities
Week 3: Basics of cryptography
Week 4: Access control and authentication
Week 5: Network security
Week 6: Application security
Week 7: Risk assessment and management
Week 8: Security policies and governance
Week 9: Regulatory frameworks (GDPR, ISO)
Week 10: Incident response
Week 11: Human factors and social engineering
Week 12: Case studies and review
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
Understand core concepts of information security (CIA triad)
Identify threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks
Apply basic security techniques (cryptography, access control)
Perform risk analysis and propose mitigation strategies
Design organizational security policies
Understand legal and regulatory frameworks (GDPR, ISO 27001)
Manage security incidents
Apply security principles in information systems
Recognize the role of human factors in security
Skills
The course fosters the following competences:
Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
Adapting to new situations
Decision-making
Working independently
Team work
Working in an international environment
Working in an interdisciplinary environment
Production of new research ideas
Project planning and management
Respect for difference and multiculturalism
Respect for the natural environment
Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues
Criticism and self-criticism
Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
Others:
Risk analysis and management
Security policy design
Compliance and regulatory understanding
Incident response and security management