Harokopio University
School: School of Digital Technology
Department: Informatics and Telematics
Program: Undergraduate Programme

System Security

Semester: 5 ECTS: 5.0 Compulsory Erasmus

General

Code: ΥΠ27

Language: Greek

Delivery: Face-to-face

Prerequisites: Basic background on computer science and communications

Workload

  • Lectures: 39.0 hours
  • Lab: 0.0 hours
  • Study: 86.0 hours
  • Project: 0.0 hours

Course Content

Basic Concepts in Information and Communication Systems Security.
Risk Analysis, Evaluation and Management.
Access Control. Identification and Authentication.
Cryptography and Cryptanalysis principles. Symmetric and Asymmetric Cryptography.
Certificates. Digital Signatures.
Operating Systems, Databases and Network Security.
Malicious Software. Web Services and Security.
Trust Technologies.
Security in Ubiquitous Computing Grid and Cloud Computing, Internet of Things.
Applications-Case Studies.
Personal Data. Privacy. Legal Framework national and European level and Ethical Issues.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course the students must:
Be presented with the transdisciplinary technological, economic, legal, social delimitation of security, trust and privacy.
Become familiar with the security issues and the technologies involved in modern information systems.
Gain understanding on and be able to perform analysis of vulnerabilities, threats and impact of attacks to information systems.
Gain the required qualifications for fortifying the information system against threats and dangers.

Skills

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information with the use of the assorted technologies
Adaptation in new conditions
Decision Making