IN5280 – Security by Design
Course description
Course content
Security by Design means that security is integrated in the entire development lifecycle of IT systems, including programming, testing, deployment, configuration and operation. This course teaches how to build adequate security into systems that thereby are able to maintain their functionality while being exposed to cyberthreats.
Learning outcome
After completing IN5280, you will have:
- knowledge about how to include security requirements in system specifications, design, and testing
- understanding of the trade-off between security risk, and the cost of implementing security controls
- knowledge about GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) as well as the major frameworks for threat modelling, vulnerability management, and secure systems development
And you will be able to:
- perform threat modelling and security/privacy risk assessment of system functionality and components
- apply the principles of privacy by design and security by design during practical systems development,
- assess the maturity of secure systems development
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Recommended previous knowledge
IN2000 – Software Engineering with Project Work.
General knowledge of information security, e.g. from IN2120 – Information Security/INF3510 – Information security (continued).
Successful completion of the course requires good knowledge and skills in programming, familiarity with general principles of software development and knowledge related to web development.
Knowledge of Java and/or PHP.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with IN9280 – Security by Design (discontinued).
Teaching
Lectures and practice 4 hours per week
Examination
There will be a home exam that constitutes 40% of the final grade and a final exam that constitutes 60% of the final grade. Both exams must have a pass grade.
It will also be counted as one of?your three?attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:?IN9280 - Security by Design
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are?offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester. Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.