Cyber Security I: Fundamentals, 5 cr

Core content

• Information, computing, networking and cyber systems as platforms of threats.
• Cyber security as a special form of security and a variation of information security.
• Application areas of information security.
• General mechanisms and principles of information security.
• Key sources of security knowledge: standards, guidelines and legislation.
• Different levels and areas of security expertise.

Complementary knowledge

• The way of thinking: "What is an asset to be protected and what can go wrong?"
• Keeping cyber security in mind from the design phase of systems.
• Cost-benefit thinking, evaluation and measurement of information security.
• How standards and guidelines are applied and interpreted in practical security work.
• Security work and knowledge of its target areas. In addition, introduction to cyber security studies at TAU.

Specialist knowledge

• The way of thinking: "What goals does the attacker see in the target that is being defended and what are the easiest routes for the attacker to reach them?"