Subject 'Information security'

Year:   2019/2020    

University of Tartu

To give the students an overview of practical information security problems. To teach the students to recognise the problems related with information security.

After this course the student:
1. can assess password complexity and knows how to manage passwords;
2. has an overview of authentication methods and usages of cryptography;
3. knows where and how data encryption is used;
4. knows how to maintain anonymity;
5. has an overview of ways to back up data;
6. recognizes simple social engineering attempts;
7. has a technical overview of the Estonian ID-card and e-voting;
8. understands security risks involved in using smart devices;
9. has an overview of technical, web-based and wireless (WiFi) attacks;
10. knows how to send encrypted and signed e-mails.

The course gives an overview of threats related to information security. The topics include: password management, securing data by encryption, overview of hash functions, overview of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, authentication, ID-card, e-voting, technical and social engineering attacks, WiFi security.