IT Security
- Degree
Exchange
- Start date
September
- Location
Enschede
- Duration
5 Months
An organization’s data is its lifeblood, now more than ever. Likewise, protecting the availability, confidentiality and integrity of those data is more important than ever. On the other hand, attacks against the availability, confidentiality and integrity are getting more and more sophisticated and ubiquitous. Cyber criminals are no longer solitary hackers, they are well organized and well-funded. So, it is important to have the right skills and knowledge to secure your organization!
Cyber security
Professional information security requires both organizational policies and technical measures. You will learn how to combine them.
Being a specialist
You will also create a solid knowledge of security technologies and how to use this knowledge to defend and attack a company network infrastructure.
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Course competences
- Development of knowledge of information security standards and best practices
- Formulating information security policies and information security plans conforming to the current standards
- Designing and implementing technical IT security measures that realize the information security plan
- Testing the effectiveness of technical IT security measures.
Course content (30 ECTS)
The exchange program IT Security consists of 3 courses and 1 project.
- T.50473 Information Security (5 ECTS) will focuse on learning information security standards and best practices. And finally use this knowledge to formulate information security plans conforming to the current standards, based on information security policies.
- During the second course "T.50475 Infrastructure Security" (5 ECTS) you will designe and implement technical IT security measures in a virtual network environment that is based on your information security plan.
- In the third course “T.50477 Operational Security" (5 ECTS) we will learn how to test the effectiveness of technical IT security measures. Furthermore, you will learn how to monitor and analyze network data so you can act properly on security breaches. This means that you will build a SIEM monitoring system and you will practice and understand hacking skills.
During the T.50478 Project IT Security (15 ECTS) you will be working on a case for a real client. The contents of the project results will vary, since the project assignments will cover different parts of the security cycle. Possible project results are:
- Incident response report
- Information security plan
- Incident response plan
- Secured infrastructure design and POC
- Advisory report based on the assignment
- A combination of the products above