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security_engineering [2018/08/24 19:49]
fabio.massacci@unitn.it [Assigned Exercises (Graded)]
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 Regular and active participation in the teaching activities offered by the course (lectures, laboratories and group work) and in independent study and project activities will enable students to: Regular and active participation in the teaching activities offered by the course (lectures, laboratories and group work) and in independent study and project activities will enable students to:
- * understand the fundamentals of risk management;+  ​* understand the fundamentals of risk management;
   * identify the relevant assets and the corresponding impacts of possible threats for a moderately complex case study;   * identify the relevant assets and the corresponding impacts of possible threats for a moderately complex case study;
   * mitigate threats with control according to the risk appetite of a relevant stakeholder;​   * mitigate threats with control according to the risk appetite of a relevant stakeholder;​
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 In the report students working in group or alone apply the concepts learned during the course to analyze a real case study. The report will be discussed with the lecturer and a company representative owning the case study. If the work for the report has been done in group, all the group members will normally be assigned the same mark. In the report students working in group or alone apply the concepts learned during the course to analyze a real case study. The report will be discussed with the lecturer and a company representative owning the case study. If the work for the report has been done in group, all the group members will normally be assigned the same mark.
  
-  * Step-by-Step Qualita/ve RA Exercises during the course: ​16 points+  * Step-by-Step Qualita/ve RA Exercises during the course: ​12 points
       * Identify Assets, Threats, Pre and Post Controls       * Identify Assets, Threats, Pre and Post Controls
-  * Technical Assessment of Cyber Vulnerabilities: ​points+  * Technical Assessment of Cyber Vulnerabilities: ​points
      * Students will use the CVSS (Common Vulnerabilities Scoring System), world standard to identify risk       * Students will use the CVSS (Common Vulnerabilities Scoring System), world standard to identify risk 
      * from descriptions as they arrive in a CERT Bulletin      * from descriptions as they arrive in a CERT Bulletin
      * as they apply to one's own security architecture      * as they apply to one's own security architecture
-  * Final Project: ​12 points+  * Final Project: ​14 points
      * A complete detailed quantitative risk assessment of the industrial automation case study security architecture      * A complete detailed quantitative risk assessment of the industrial automation case study security architecture
      * Evaluation by Industry experts from the case study       * Evaluation by Industry experts from the case study 
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 Being able to defend one's ideas in class is an important part of the evaluation (if a student cannot explain why s/he choses something him/her will get a negative vote for the relative exercise). Being able to defend one's ideas in class is an important part of the evaluation (if a student cannot explain why s/he choses something him/her will get a negative vote for the relative exercise).
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 +==== Reference and Bibliographic Material ====
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 +The following books might be useful:
 +  * [[http://​www.jblearning.com/​catalog/​9781284055955/​|Gibson. "​Managing Risk in Information Systems"​]]. Jones and Bartlett. ISBN13: 9781284055955
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 +Other recommended texts are 
 +  * [[http://​www.cl.cam.ac.uk/​~rja14/​book.html|Anderson. "​Security Engineering"​]] For which a old version is also on the web.
 +  * [[https://​www.wiley.com/​WileyCDA/​WileyTitle/​productCd-0470741155,​miniSiteCd-BSG.html|Gollmann. "​Computer Security"​]] which is mostly a reference book for Security Technologies.
  
 ===== Detailed Schedule and Additional Material ===== ===== Detailed Schedule and Additional Material =====
  
 +**The precise schedule will only be available in the late winter 2019.**
   * 2 hours lectures/​exercises by professors   * 2 hours lectures/​exercises by professors
   * 2-3 hours students presentations and reviews   * 2-3 hours students presentations and reviews
  
 ==== Past Lectures ==== ==== Past Lectures ====
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 ^ Date ^ Weekday ^ Hours ^ Topic ^ Slides ^ Additional materials ^ ^ Date ^ Weekday ^ Hours ^ Topic ^ Slides ^ Additional materials ^
 +To be filled when the course starts.
  
 ==== Upcoming Lectures ==== ==== Upcoming Lectures ====
  
 ^ Date ^ Weekday ^ Hours ^ Topic ^ Slides ^ Additional materials ^ ^ Date ^ Weekday ^ Hours ^ Topic ^ Slides ^ Additional materials ^
 +To be filled when the course schedule is known (around January).
  
 ==== Assigned Exercises (Graded) ==== ==== Assigned Exercises (Graded) ====
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-==== Course Material of Previous Years ====+===== Course Material of Previous Years =====
  
   * [[security_engineering_2014|academic year 2014/2015]]   * [[security_engineering_2014|academic year 2014/2015]]
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