FPF:UINA365 Fundamentals of Information Se - Course Information
UINA365 Fundamentals of Information Security
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Ing. Petr Sosík, Dr. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Ing. Petr Sosík, Dr.
Institute of Computer Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- TYP_STUDIA(N)
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Computer Science and Technology (programme FPF, N1801 Inf)
- Course objectives
- The course provides both basic introduction and a complex overview of information security, called also cybernetic security. After a profound explanation of basic principles of this quickly developing field, various approaches to the information protection will be analyzed, with emphasize on the level of information systems of public administration, in private companies and also at the government and state level.
- Syllabus
- 1. Fundamentals of the information security: what is information, properties and attributes, information security specifics. Elements of the security theory, what it is and what it is not, basic terms. A relation of information security to computer science. Approaches to the information security, practical examples, an overview of legal regulation and technical standards.
2. A relation of information security to information processing systems: IS models, layers and infrastructure, the application layer, the service layer and their security aspects, micro IT x macro IT traffic, a list of professional categories and their processing tools, roles, relations, regulation x technological progress.
3. Systematical management of information security: technical standards, legal requirements and standards, a structure of the information security management system. Integrated approach to the solution: not only IT, risk management, security strategy, security policies and directives, practical examples. Selected areas of security management: the management of continual processes, incident management, release management, identity management.
4. A relation of technical and process security: pros and cons of both approaches, security design.
5. Cybernetic security: security aspects of information systems over infrastructure of "large networks", security aspects of state assets protection. Security incidents: classification, incidents against privacy, accessibility and integrity of information, sociotechnical and technical incidents, possibilities of defense.
- 1. Fundamentals of the information security: what is information, properties and attributes, information security specifics. Elements of the security theory, what it is and what it is not, basic terms. A relation of information security to computer science. Approaches to the information security, practical examples, an overview of legal regulation and technical standards.
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- Interactive lecture
Lecture with a video analysis - Assessment methods
- Individual project solving a particular case of information security
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- Class participation 70%, individual project assigned by the lecturer.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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