KYBS4700 CYB3: Cyber Security Technology (JSS34) (3 cr)

Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Faculty of Information Technology
Curriculum periods:
2025-2026

Description

The summer course is organized in cooperation with Finnish universities working in the project funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The course will enhance understanding of rapidly changing cyber security environment. During the course, the students will get familiar with cyber security phenomena and elements. Through lectures and workshop case studies, the students will learn to identify vulnerabilities, threats and how to build cyber resilience. Topics covered include, for example, critical infrastructure protection, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, OT/IT cyber security, crypto and post-quantum security, and secure programming (SecDevOps). The course will be interactive, encourage the students in critical thinking concerning cyber security building. The lectures and workshops are produced by several visiting lecturers from organizing universities.

Learning outcomes

Basic common understanding about Cyber Security Technology.

Description of prerequisites

Candidate level degree in Computer Science, Information technology, or comparable sufficient technological expertise, sufficient knowledge of programming. 

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
Obligatory attendance at lectures and completing the exercises
Evaluation criteria:
Pass/fail
Time of teaching:
Period 1
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Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (3 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Evaluation criteria:
<p>Pass/fail    &nbsp;</p>
Language:
English
Study methods:

Obligatory attendance at lectures and completing the exercises

Teaching