Objectives and competences
The aim is to introduce students to the concepts and practices of
modern cybersecurity. The course provides general information on
the main aspects of cybersecurity that we encounter on a daily
basis. In addition to basic concepts such as maintaining
information confidentiality, integrity and authentication, the course
also addresses modern mechanisms in use today. Students will
acquire the theoretical foundations of the field (basic knowledge
and technologies) and learn about the state-of-the-art building
blocks of cybersecurity.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Ssecurity principles, objectives and risks.
• Cryptography fundamentals to ensure confidentiality, integrity
and authentication.
• Public Key Infrastructure: concepts, building blocks and terms;
digital certificates and electronic signatures.
• Authentication methods.
• Password operation and password cracking (e.g. dictionary
attacks, brute force attacks).
• Password managers and multi-factor authentication (MFA).
• Malware and malware defence.
• Introduction to websecurity.
Learning and teaching methods
• lectures,
• lab work,
• individual work.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
• understand the principles and techniques of cryptography
• understand how digital certificates and signatures work and how
to use them
• understand how different authentication methods work
• distinguish between different types of attacks
• demonstrate the building blocks of secure (online)
communication
Transferable/Key skills and other attributes:
• Communication skills: oral lab work defence and manner of
expression at the oral examination.
• Use of information technology: systematic approach to solving
cybersecurity problems, deployment and use of software solutions
to protect ICT systems.
• Problem-solving: use of tools related to cybersecurity.
Readings
• Marko Hölbl In Lili Nemec Zlatolas, Gesla, overjanje in digitalno podpisovanje : učno gradivo [na spletu]. Maribor : Fakulteta za
elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko. 2022. Pridobljeno s: https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=slv&id=83411
• C. Easttom: Computer Security Fundamentals, 4th Edition, Pearson, Boston, 2020.
