Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The students must have insight in:

• Cybercrime and different kinds of cyberattacks, including the underlying motivations and techniques.
• Different malware types
• Network-based threats and botnets
• Security challenges in various services and applications, for example Internet of Things and Industry 4.0.
• Security protocols and wireless security.
• Traffic monitoring and analysis

Skills

The students must have understanding of

• Methods for network-based prevention, detection and analysis of network-based cyber-attacks, including analysis of traffic at different layers of the TCP/IP protocol stack.
• Penetration testing tools
• Configuration and operation of secure environments for cyber security training and research.
• basic techniques for network monitoring and analysis; their use in the cyber security domain; and evaluation of which techniques can be used to solve a given problem.

Competences

The students must be able to

• Evaluate which methods and tools for detecting, preventing and analyzing network-based attacks should be used for a specific case/problem

Type of instruction

Types of instruction are listed at the start of §17; Structure and contents of the programme.

Exam

Exams