Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

  
Degree programme:Bachelor Computer Science - Software and Information Engineering
Type of degree:FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme
 Full-time
 Winter Semester 2024
  

Course unit titleCompetition
Course unit code024717050609
Language of instructionEnglish
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional)Elective
Semester when the course unit is deliveredWinter Semester 2024
Teaching hours per week3
Year of study2024
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle)First Cycle (Bachelor)
Number of ECTS credits allocated5
Name of lecturer(s)Armin SIMMA


Prerequisites and co-requisites

Fundamentals in computer security

Course content

As part of this course, students have the opportunity to take part in a selected hacker competition such as the Cyber Security Austria Challenge and compete in the group of students with colleagues from their own degree program as well as from degree programs across Austria.

Learning outcomes

The students can carry out attacks on networks, services, and devices and take countermeasures.
The students know procedures and technologies for network security (e.g. VPN, authentication technologies).

The students know procedures and technologies for operating system security (e.g. suid mechanism).
The students can analyze various security protocols (SSL / TLS, IPsec, Kerberos) for attacks.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Participation in the competition and reflection on the results.

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in the online competition and evaluation of the results based on the tasks solved in the competition.

Comment

None

Recommended or required reading

Du, Wenliang (2019): Computer Security: A Hands-on Approach. 2. Wenliang Du.

‘Cyber Security Austria - Du bist verboten gut? Dann zeig's uns!' (n. y.): Cyber Security Austria - Du bist verboten gut? Dann zeig's uns! Available at: URL: https://verbotengut.at/ (Accessed on: 10 April 2020).

‘Home : Hacking-Lab.com' (n. y.): Home : Hacking-Lab.com. Available at: URL: https://www.hacking-lab.com/index.html (Accessed on: 10 April 2020).

 

 

 

 

Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Online Challenge

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