Cyber security and teamwork

• Cyber security terminology and history.
• Legal and ethical issues in cybersecurity.
• Vulnerability in digital infrastructures.
• Identities, authentication and authorization.
• Human aspects of cybersecurity.
• Basic threat profiling and risk analysis.
• Future visions for a more secure digital society.
• Team collaboration, team building and team development.
• Work contract and conflict prevention.
• Project as a form of work (establishment, implementation, administration and control)
• Written and oral presentation

Knowledge

• K1: The candidate can explain how to establish and carry out projects
• K2: The candidate can explain different models for team collaboration and team development
• K3: The candidate can explain the most used concepts in cybersecurity and the subject's most important historical development
• K4: The candidate can explain how vulnerabilities in digital infrastructures can arise and how the most common vulnerabilities can be counteracted

Skills

• S1: The candidate can convey subject matter effectively orally and in writing, obtain information to shed light on issues, and safeguard copyright in their communication
• S2: The candidate can carry out and document teamwork and reflect on their own professional practice and develop this based on feedback from others
• S3: The candidate can carry out basic threat profiling and risk analysis
• S4: The candidate can use tools to protect identities against common security attacks

General competence

• G1: The candidate can plan and complete tasks in a team
• G2: The candidate can give constructive feedback to others
• G3: The candidate can explain societal vulnerability as a consequence of cybersecurity challenges

Sustainability

The course teaches fundamental knowledge regarding cybersecurity and teamwork and offers opportunities for enhancing practical skills in multiple directions. Hence, the course contributes to the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

SDG 8 "Decent work and economic growth" by preparing students to acquire practical skills for decent work in the future.

SDG 9 "Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure" by preparing students to build and manage resilient digital infrastructures.

Lectures, teamwork with and without supervision, project work, problem solving individually and in groups, lab exercises.

A mandatory group assignment at the start of the semester in the form of a work contract, which is supported by one or more team-based exercises