ICT Safety and Responsibility

TEACHING UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS 1. The Information Society 2. Design, Development, and Implementation 3. Success Factors in Information Security TEACHING UNIT 2. RISKS SPECIFIC TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1. Risk Analysis in Information Systems 2. Identifying Vulnerabilities and Threats to Information Systems 3. Types of Malicious Code 4. Elements of Risk Analysis and Their Relationships 5. Risk Analysis Control Methods 6. Assets Involved in Risk Analysis and Their Assessment 7. Threats That May Affect the Identified Assets 8. Details of Existing Vulnerabilities in Information Systems TEACHING UNIT 3. ETHICAL HACKING 1. What is ethical hacking? 2. Legal aspects of ethical hacking 3. Profiles of ethical hackers 4. Vulnerability testing 5. Sniffing 6. Types of security testing in web environments TEACHING UNIT 4. SECURITY POLICIES 1. Introduction to security policies 2. Why are policies important? 3. What a security policy should include 4. What a security policy should not include 5. How to develop an IT security policy 6. Ensuring compliance with strategic decisions and policies LEARNING UNIT 5. SECURITY STRATEGIES 1. Least Privilege 2. Defense in Depth 3. Point of Impact 4. The Weakest Link 5. Fail-Safe Posture 6. Defined Denial Posture: What Is Not Prohibited 7. Explicit Permission Approach: What Is Not Permitted 8. Universal Participation 9. Diversification of Defense 10. Simplicity TEACHING UNIT 6. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVE SECURITY MECHANISMS 1. Attacks and Countermeasures in Personal Systems 2. Corporate Network Security 3. Potential Risks of Network Services TEACHING UNIT 7. IMPLEMENTATION OF REMOTE ACCESS TECHNIQUES 1. Basic Elements of Perimeter Security 2. Demilitarized Zones 3. Secure Subnet Architecture 4. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) 5. Advantages and Disadvantages Compared to Dedicated Lines 6. Encryption Techniques: Public and Private Keys 7. Remote Access Servers TEACHING UNIT 8. INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION OF FIREWALLS 1. Firewall Usage and Filtering 2. Types of Firewalls 3. Installing firewalls 4. Firewall filtering rules 5. Functionality testing. Diagnostic checks TEACHING UNIT 9. INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION OF «PROXY» SERVERS 1. Types of «Proxy» Servers. Characteristics and Functions 2. Installing «Proxy» Servers 3. Installing and Configuring «Proxy» Clients 4. Configuring «Proxy» Caching 5. Configuring Filters 6. Authentication Methods for a «Proxy» TEACHING UNIT 10. IMPLEMENTING HIGH-AVAILABILITY SOLUTIONS 1. Analysis of High-Availability Configurations 2. System Virtualization 3. Possibilities of System Virtualization 4. Virtualization Tools 5. Configuring and Using Virtual Machines 6. High Availability and Virtualization 7. Simulating Services with Virtualization