Module CS2250-KP08

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

8

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor IT-Security 2016, compulsory, IT-Security

Classes and lectures:

• Cybersecurity (practical course, 3 SWS)
• Cybersecurity (exercise, 1 SWS)
• Cybersecurity (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 10 hours exam preparation
• 155 hours private studies and exercises
• 75 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Security problems in IT systems
• Security threats, risk analysis and defense mechanisms
• Software and application security
• Security of operating systems
• Security of databases and web applications
• Privacy
• Security oriented development processes, evaluation and penetration testing
• Legal, etical and economic aspects

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students can independently identify security risks of software systems and explain the common security solutions from the areas discussed in the course.
• They can explain the basic methods in the area of cybersecurity and apply them to case studies.
• They can independently perform security analyses for simple scenarios.
• They are able to identify methods for eliminating weak points and implement concrete solutions.

Grading through:

• portfolio exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Eisenbarth

Teacher:

• Institute for IT Security
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Eisenbarth
• Dr.-Ing. Jan Wichelmann

Literature:

• C. Paar, J. Pelzl : Understanding Cryptography Springer, 2008
• D. Gollmann : Computer Security Third Edition, Wiley, 2011
• R. Anderson : Security Engineering Second Edition, Wiley, 2008
• M. Bishop : Introduction to Computer Security Addison-Wesley, 2005

Language:

• German and English skills required

Notes:

Last Updated:

28.03.2025