Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The purpose of this course is to understand cyber security challenges, technologies and the policies and standards enterprises need for compliance. Security and compliance are discussed with respect to enterprise technologies. The course is tightly correlated with the course in Enterprise technologies.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Must have knowledge of:

• standards addressing information security and cyber security challenges
• technologies already embedded in enterprise endpoints
• security services and policies within public and private cloud networks

Skills

Must be able to:

• identify and manage risks in combination with security requirements
• design, implement and verify enterprise security solutions
• identify and illustrate an IT system landscape end-to-end and pinpoint risks to be considered
• carry out an information security review and an IT audit

Competences

Must have the competency to:

• design requirements and controls for an enterprise security solution based on a risk assessment
• discuss end-to-end standards to create trust and controls in a large enterprise IT solution.
• discuss the business needs and willingness to accept risks based on an Enterprise Risk Management solution
• discuss risks, security and compliance in a cloud environment.

Type of instruction

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

Exam

Exams