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DCSG1005

Infrastructure: secure core services

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Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Gjøvik
Examination arrangement Written exam

About

About the course

Course content

  • Private and public cloud
  • Security in cloud infrastructures
  • Tools for managing cloud infrastructures
  • Provisioning
  • Migration
  • Monitoring
  • Centralized logging
  • Directory services
  • Identity management, authentication and authorization
  • Basic performance analysis

Learning outcome

Knowledge

  • K1: The candidate has a basic understanding of the technology in private and public cloud solutions, including migration of infrastructures across platforms
  • K2: The candidate has broad knowledge of various methods and tools for monitoring infrastructures
  • K3: The candidate has broad knowledge of security challenges in cloud solutions

Skills

  • F1: The candidate can use the most commonly used tools for managing cloud solutions
  • F2: The candidate can perform basic setup for automated installation and provisioning
  • F3: The candidate can perform centralized logging and monitoring including relevant incident management processes
  • F4: The candidate can plan and perform basic setup of directory services and centralized solutions for identity management, authentication and authorization
  • F5: The candidate can perform basic configuration management and software updates in cloud-based infrastructures
  • F6: The candidate can perform simple performance assessments

General competence

  • G1: The candidate is aware of the advantages and disadvantages of using cloud-based infrastructures in different organizations
  • G2: The candidate can convey terminology in IT operations, both orally and in writing
  • G3: The candidate knows how the risk landscape of organizations can be affected by the choice of different IT solutions

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and exercises.

Compulsory assignments

  • Compulsory assignments

Further on evaluation

Mandatory assignments need to be approved to be qualified for the exam.

Re-sit for the written exam in August. Written exam might be changed to oral exam for the re-sit exam.

Exam will be in English. Exam can be answered in English or Norwegian (Bokmål/Nynorsk).

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Digital Infrastructure and Cyber Security (BDIGSEC)

Required previous knowledge

Admission to the study programme Bachelor of Science in Digital Infrastructure and Cyber Security is required.

Course materials

Announced at the start of the course.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
IDRI2001 5 sp Autumn 2019
DCST1005 7.5 sp Autumn 2019
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Information Security

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2025

Written exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E Date 2025-05-13 Time 09:00 Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room for written exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Mustad, Inngang A
Room M407-Eksamensrom 4.etg
Room M406-Eksamensrom 4.etg
Room M413-Eksamensrom 4.etg
Room M433-Eksamensrom 4.etg
29 candidates
Mustad, Inngang D
Room M438 Eksamensrom 4.etg, Inngang D
80 candidates

Re-sit examination - Summer 2025

Written exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room
The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.