IMT4132

IT Rhetorics for Security Risk Management

Last taught 2016

Autumn

English

Overview

13 candidates

Average grade

B

3.77

0.14

Pass rate

100%

same

Grade distribution
Average over time
Pass rate over time

About this course

Content

History of Rhetorics

Augmentation analysis and debate

Security Semiotics

Rumor Discourse in Security work

Social Engineering in Theory and practice.

IT Rhetorics

Risk and Security Rhetoric¿s in Practice

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

The student will learn how to use modern ICT communication tools to communicate security problem and solutions to friends and foe in and outside organization and business.

The student will develop skills in arguing for and against issues that concern information security organization and management in organization and society.

Skills

The student is capable of analyzing and formulating augments, on both past and contemporary issues in information security organization and management.

The student can use relevant facts, statistics and theories in information security organization and management to argue and debate past and contemporary issues

The student is capable of carrying out a debating on information security organization using both traditional and modern communication technologies used in organizations today.  

 General competence

The student is capable of applying his/her information security and IT security knowledge to understand and argue for organization change and development.

The student is capable of discussing professional problems, analyses and conclusions in the information security organization and management, both with specialists and with general audience.

The student is capable of contributing to innovation and innovation processes in information security and socio-technical modeling and analysis for information security management

Teaching methods

Forelesninger|Lab.øvelser

Utfyllende informasjon:

Seminars will be the teaching method used in the course and will be designed to help the student to both choices and discuss their individual work with the written assignment and help them prepare for their oral presentation and the debates in the course.The course will be made accessible for both campus and remote students. Every student is free to choose the pedagogic arrangement form that is best fitted for her/his own requirement. The lectures in the course will be given on campus and are open for both categories of students. All the lectures will also be available on Internet through GUC¿s learning management system (ClassFronter).

Obligatoriske arbeidskrav:

Students must participate in discussions in class.