SUBJECT: computer security, from viruses to digital signature
COURSE LENGHT: 8 hours
PUBLIC: fifth-year students of Istituto Industriale Informatico
SUBJECT AREA: information technology
Knowledge:
At the end of the course the student will be able to :
• define computer menaces
• identify safe connections (ciphered)
• identify net attacks
• to provide defence techniques
• to recognize net critical situations
Learning:
The student will learn:
• how viruses spread
• which types of attacks there are
• cryptographic techniques and state of the art
• how to make a net safe
Purposes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
• use safe computer communication media
• work out computer nets with safe requirements
• remove visible critical situations that might threaten net systems security
Activities in class:
The teacher will carry out the activities through traditional lectures. Topics can follow the same structure suggested by the teaching path and intensifying it with supporting material (web links).