Objectives and competences
• To demonstrate and justify the usefulness of computer and information sciences in the safety for achieving work goals and global connectivity.
• To introduce the technology and how to use it in the information society.
• Demonstrate the processes of exchange of information, necessary technologies, sharing and storing data.
• To demonstrate the usefulness of knowledge in achieving personal and organizational goals, and provide the basis for the creative use of ICT at work in the real and cyber space.
• To acquaint students with the nature of the use of information technology during the studies of criminal justice and security.
• To present current social engineering techniques and how to respond to them.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Information society and criminal justice and security
• Information systems and organizations
• Introduction to security of information systems
• Artificial intelligence in everyday life
• Cyberspace
• Introduction to cybersecurity
• Online social networks
• Introduction to computer science
• Operating systems and other system software
• Applications and other user software
• Information support for professional and research work
• European directives
• Training on current social engineering techniques and response
Learning and teaching methods
The subject will consist of lectures, tutorials, case studies, discussions on current topics and consultations. Special attention on students' active participation in discussions, exercises.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Understanding of the information society, knowledge of how computers and modern technologies work, knowledge of the key types of software and information systems that are present in modern society. Understanding of the cyberspace, its role in the information society and in specific security areas.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Ability to efficiently use software, approaches, and technologies required during studies (word processors, tools for conducting surveys, data processing tools, presentation of results). Ability to safely use modern technologies in the cyberspace, and to efficiently search, store and process data. Ability to adequately respond to attacks with current social engineering techniques.
Readings
• VRHOVEC, Simon. Računalništvo in informatika v varstvoslovju : zbrano študijsko gradivo : 1. letnik, Visokošolski študijski program Informacijska varnost/Varnost in policijsko delo. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za varnostne vede, 2019. [82] str., ilustr.
• Bavec, C., Kovačič, A., Krisper, M., Rajkovič, V., Vintar, M. (2018). Slovenija na poti digitalne preobrazbe. 1. izd. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko. 223 str., ilustr. ISBN 978-961-7059-00-7.
• Rainer, Ceglielski. Introduction to Information Systems, John Wiley and Sons, 2013.
• Hennessy, J. L., & Patterson, D. A. (2011). Computer architecture: a quantitative approach. Elsevier.
Prerequisits
No prerequisites.
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