COURSES

Goals

Objecitves of the subject is to assure that student who completes this course successfully will acquire: - An ability to analyse, synthesise and anticipate solutions and consequences - To gain the mastery over research methods, procedures and processes, a development of the critical judgment - An ability to apply the theory in to a practice - An autonomy in the professional work - Communicational-skills development; particularly in international environment - Ethical reflection and obligation to a professional ethics - Cooperativity, team work (in international environment) This course prepares students to be able to: - Understand and evaluate threats to critical information infrastructure - Protect critical information infrastructure in compliance with world wide public policies and initiatives

Curriculum

Critical information infrastructure Definition of basic concepts, information systems, security, dependability, common infrastructure and usage in critical sectors, interconnection and interdependencies, critical infrastructure stakeholders. Threats Threats to public and critical infrastructure information systems, critical information systems failures, threat sources and motivation, threat consequences, threat classification and mitigation. Public policies and initiatives History, critical sectors, Slovenia, European Union and world, legalization and regulation, early warning systems. Protection Information systems, security, safety, security architectures, services, mechanisms, design, control, management, maintenance, security standards; physical security. Complex systems Complex systems properties and models, approaches to risk, dependability and interconnection modelling and management, attack and system failure modelling. Critical information infrastructure trends New market sectors and technology, future protection trends, human and social aspects