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Information Security Testing and Assessment (5 cr)

Code: 5051244-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.12.2020 - 01.02.2021

Timing

11.01.2021 - 30.04.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Information and Communication Technology
  • Degree Programme in Information and Communications Technology

Teachers

  • Jani Ekqvist
  • Tero Virtanen
  • Jarkko Paavola

Teacher in charge

Tero Virtanen

Groups

  • PTIVIS18T
    PTIVIS18T

Objective

After completing the course the student:
- is able to explain the basic principles of information security testing and assessment
- can list the phases of information security testing process
- is able to organize and conduct information security risk testing to an SME sector enterprise or similar size organization
- can analyse and report the results from information security testing
- is able to give justified improvement proposals to mitigate information security vulnerabilities

Content

- Social Engineering
- Penetration Testing
- Network Discovery
- Network Service Identification
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Password Cracking

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Courses Internet Networks and Security and Linux and Virtualization