Information Security Engineering (and privacy)

NOTE: This course and contents are not updated or active anymore (2003-2017).

Redesigned (year 2018+) course is here: Software Information Security Practices

Information Security Engineering - 3 ECTS

Learning outcomes

The student knows the basic terms of information security and understands the threats to information security and privacy. The student is able to realise in theory the most important security methods. The student has ability to find and adapt new information in information security.

Some extra books and materials

Security engineering book by Ross Anderson
OWASP testing guide
Reverse Engineering for Beginners by Dennis Yurichev
Staying Ahead in the Cyber Security Game - Ommeren, Borrett, Kuivenhoven (pdf)
Common Weakness Enumeration by MITRE

Online stream

How to join online stream and chat

Lesson slides and homeworks

BlackHat USA 2014 keynote: Cybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer and video
Introduction to infosec
Introduction to infosec - homeworks
Social engineering
Social engineering - homeworks
Security policies and maintenance
Security policies and maintenance - homeworks
Cryptography and Random numbers
Cryptography - homeworks
Wireless
Wireless - homeworks
Network attacks
Network attacks - homeworks
Malware
Malware - homeworks
Forensics
Forensics - homeworks
Web attacks
Web attacks - homeworks
Privacy
Privacy - homeworks
Software security
Software security - homeworks

Grading assignments