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Identical coursesCyberSecurity Management and Governance: Operations (B-KUL-H0O37A)
Cannot be taken as part of an examination contractPOC Computerwetenschappen
Aims
Upon finishing this course, the student should be able to
- Provide an overview of weaknesses and threats in IT infrastructure.
- Provide an overview of operational processes, tools and approaches to manage the cybersecurity posture of an organization.
- Show the importance of well-designed security policy.
- Position operational risk and cost as a decision driver.
- Provide an overview of techniques and building blocks for computer, network and infrastructure protection, explain the most important protection techniques and security building blocks, and incident handling.
- Have a feeling for a state-of-the-art security subsystem close to industry practice.
Previous knowledge
Basics in computer networks and systems.
Is included in these courses of study
Activities
3 ects. CyberSecurity Management and Governance: Operations: Lecture (B-KUL-H04G4a)
Content
The course will cover the basics in management of cybersecurity posture of an organization. Illustrations follow in 6 invited talks by operational managers in industry and field experts.
The lecture components covers the following topics:
- Operational management to achieve security and privacy: overview.
- Organizational aspects: processes, storage of critical security date, roles and responsibilities.
- Outsourcing: impact, consequences, tendencies and best practices.
- Application to specific security domains: Security Infrastructure, IAM, BYOD, Backup and business continuity,… (4 subdomains and related subsystems).
Course material
- Slideware of the lectures, typically related to risk, compliance, governance, policy, and focusing on security operations: tools, practices and processes of threat prevention, detection and incident management in the specific security domains
- Presentations of the industry case studies by guest lecturers.
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Evaluation
Evaluation: CyberSecurity Management and Governance: Operations (B-KUL-H2O37a)
Type : Partial or continuous assessment with (final) exam during the examination period
Description of evaluation : Report, Written
Type of questions : Open questions
Learning material : Course material, List of formulas, Calculator, Reference work
Explanation
Three theoretical/conceptual questions.