ITX8062
Information Systems Mass Attacks and Defence (fall 2013)
Weeks 1-8 of the Fall Semester
Tuesdays 17:45-21:00
Room ICT-A1 (new IT building at Akadeemia 15a, second floor)
Main lecturers
Rain Ottis, PhD, Associate Professor at TUT
Jaan Priisalu, Director General, Estonian Information System's Authority
Practice led by Tiit Hallas
Contact: rain dot ottis at ttu dot ee
Schedule
NB! Check the schedule for updates before each lesson.
1. 03.09.2013
Introduction (Priisalu, Hallas)
Research paper topic assignment (Priisalu, Hallas)
2. 10.09.2013
Review of research paper requirements (Ottis)
Lecture: cyber conflict and espionage (Ottis)
Topics covered: Estonia 2007 and Georgia 2008 cyber conflicts, StuxNet, PRISM, discussion.
Practice (Hallas)
Topics covered: overview of exercises, introduction of tabletop exercises in the context of this course, explaining the need for processes based on the real life examples.
3. 17.09.2013
Lecture: cyber crime (Ottis, Priisalu)
Topics covered: criminal attacks, experiences from the banking sector, attack methods, motives, cooperation.
Practice (Hallas)
Topics covered: Creating teams, assigning team roles, introducing scenarios and injects, playing the first game.
4. 24.09.2013
Lecture: politically motivated attacks (Ottis)
Topics covered: hactivism, private hacking for political reasons, state sponsored cyber attacks, cyber espionage and terrorism, methods, motives, countermeasures.
Practice (Hallas)
Topics covered: Analysing the last game, playing by scenarios and with injects
5. 01.10.2013
Lecture: cyber security planning (Priisalu)
Topics covered: cyber security planning.
Practice (Hallas)
Topics covered: Explaining “the final game”, discussing self-written scenarios.
6. 08.10.2013
Lecture: incident handling and CIIP (Priisalu)
Topics covered: CIIP overall, CIIP in Estonia, crisis management, CERT perspective, law enforcement perspective, incident handling process in Estonia.
7. 15.10.2013
Tabletop exercise (Hallas, Ottis, Priisalu)
8. 22.09.2013
Course summary and feedback (Ottis, Priisalu, Hallas)
Grade assignment
30% - Performance at the tabletop exercises
30% - Written assignment (research paper, 2000-4000 words)
40% - Oral exam
Tabletop Exercise (practice component)
EXAM
Exam times
- 18.12.2012 1800-2100 room III-302 - 03.01.2013 1800-2100 room III-311 - 10.01.2013 1800-2100 room III-308 - 17.01.2013 1800-2100 room III-311
- Send in your exam time preference and paper at least one week before the exam date! - Be present at the beginning of the exam! - You are allowed to use your computer during the exam.
Check this wiki for updates on the location of the exam.