Course - Critical Infrastructure Security - IMT4203
IMT4203 - Critical Infrastructure Security
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Assignment and Written examination
Grade: Letters
| Evaluation form | Weighting | Duration | Examination aids | Grade deviation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | 1/3 | |||
| Home examination | 2/3 | 2 hours |
Course content
-Critical Infrastructures and Information Infrastructures
-Threat Actors and Agents in Critical Infrastructures
-Infrastructure Modelling, Robustness, and Dependencies
-Cyber-Physical Systems and their Security
-Control Systems Security
-Selected Aspects of Critical Telecommunications Infrastructure Security and Resilience
-Selected Aspects of Power Networks and Generation Infrastructure Security and Resilience
-Selected Aspects of Oil and Gas Infrastructure Security and Resilience
-Selected Aspects of Transportation Infrastructure Security and Resilience
Learning outcome
Knowledge
-Advanced knowledge of core concepts of critical information infrastructures and general critical infrastructure as well as their dependencies
-Advanced understanding of infrastructure and infrastructure robustness models
-Advanced knowledge of cyber-physical systems and control systems security
Skills
-Ability to analyse threat modelling approaches and to assess their suitability for a given set of threat sources and agents
-Ability to critically analyse existing theories and methods for the study of cyber-physical systems security and to independently apply such methods to related problems
-Ability to carry out research in selected areas of infrastructure security and resilience under guidance and supervision
-Ability to identify and critically analyse primary research literature on critical infrastructure security and to apply appropriate scientific reasoning
General competence
-Ability to apply knowledge of concepts and methods of analysing security and resilience of infrastructures to new fields
-Capability to discuss academic and professional topics in the field of modelling and securing selected critical infrastructures both with a specialist and general audience
-Critical understanding of professional and ethical, including research ethics, issues in the field of critical infrastructure security
Learning methods and activities
-Essay
-Lectures
-Project work
-Reflection
Additional information:
-Lectures, term paper, project work, and reflection.
-The course will be made accessible to both campus and remote students, the latter on a best-effort basis. Lectures will be given on campus Gjøvik and recorded if possible with lecture notes and recordings made available via the online learning management system.
-Candidates are expected to select a topic for a term paper and perform independent study on an active research area connected to the topics covered in the module.
Compulsory requirements: None
Further on evaluation
Re-sit:
-If the course is to be re-sat, both elements must be re-sat.
-Re-sit examination in August for the written exam. No re-sit in the same semester is possible, candidates must undertake both term paper and re-sit written examination.
Forms of assessment:
-The written examination (3 h) contributes 67% to the final result, and the term paper 33%.
-Both term paper and examination must be passed to pass the course.
The written exam will take Place both in Gjøvik and Trondheim.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Communication Technology (MSTCNNS)
Communication Technology and Digital Security (MTKOM)
Information Security (MIS)
Information Security (MISD)
Information Security (MISEB)
Security and Cloud Computing (MSSECCLO)
Recommended previous knowledge
Candidates should have read IMT4113 Introduction to Cyber and Information Security
Required previous knowledge
None
Course materials
Books:
-E.D. Knapp: Industrial Network Security
. Elsevier (2011)M. Newman: Networks
. Oxford University Press (2010)
-K. Stouffer, V. Pilliteri, S. Lightman, M. Abrams, A. Hahn: NIST SP800-82Rev2: Guide to Industrial Control Systems Security
. U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (2015)
-G. Sorelo, M. Echols: Smart Grid Security
. CRC Press, 2012
-Setola, Lopez, Wolthusen: Critical Infrastructure Protection: Information Infrastructure Models, Analysis, and Defence
. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 7130, Springer-Verlag (2012)
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| IIKG6502 | 7.5 | 01.09.2020 |
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2020
Language of instruction: English
Location: Gjøvik , Trondheim
- Information Security
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Information Security and Communication Technology
Phone:
Examination
Examination arrangement: Assignment and Written examination
- Term Status code Evaluation form Weighting Examination aids Date Time Digital exam Room *
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Autumn
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Assignment
1/3
Release 2020-11-24
Submission 2021-01-08
Release 09:00
Submission 23:59
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Room Building Number of candidates -
Autumn
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Home examination
2/3
Release 2020-12-18
Submission 2020-12-18
Release 09:00
Submission 11:00
INSPERA -
Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"