97430 - CYBERSECURITY M

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

In a digital world, every activity is vulnerable to cyber attacks. At the end of the course the students are able to know and evaluate the most dangerous cyber threats to the society and to specific organizations and industries. Moreover, they are expected to be able to design and build secure systems by adopting modern defensive strategies and technologies that are discussed in class and experimented in lab.

Contenuti

Cyber scenario

Cybersecurity goals: information security and service availability

Analysis of cyber threats

(Too many) vulnerability issues

A top-down approach to cybersecurity

Cyber risk management

Qualitative and quantitative evaluation

Strategies, policies  and technologies

Assessment and validation

Legal constraints you need to know

Modern approaches: Machine Learning for cybersecurity, Zero Trust, Deception

Competences and jobs related to cybersecurity

Testi/Bibliografia

Slides, teacher's notes, book chapters, scientific articles and online resources indicated on the course website.

Metodi didattici

The course consists of lectures and exercises in class. Interaction is appreciated and evaluated as a component of the final grade

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

There are two alternatives:

(1) Analysis and discussion of a cybersecurity problem and oral exam

(2) Project (max 3 students), presentation of the results and discussion

The student interested to the option (2) must agree on the topic of the project with the teacher before the end of November and complete the assessment in the first exam session (by the end of February)

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

All the teaching material is available to the students on Virtuale.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Michele Colajanni