Details
Course Content
Basics of IT security:
- Hacking: Hollywood vs. reality
- Attacker goals and motivations
- Means of attack
- Kill chain: Attack stages
- Exemplary threats
- Defense concept: Defense in depth
- Applied cyber defense: Prevention, detection, response
- Hacking demo
- Gamified IT security with PenQuest
Tutors
Robert Luh
Study Programme
IT Security
ECTS
1 (Check with your home institution if ECTS can be recognised)
Contact hours
6
Full/partial course
Partial course
Prerequisites
None
Further information
Teaching methods
Video lecture, gamified approach
Learning outcomes
The students
- understand the foundations of why and how cyber attacks work (L2)
- are familiar through abstracted application with the stages and techhnical characteristics of cyber attacks and defense (L3)
Assessment
Online test, points gained in PenQuest
Literature & Materials
Software required (PenQuest) needs USTP account or external email address to register
https://www.pen.quest
