TEK9530 – Measurable Security for the Internet of Things
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course provides a methodology for measurable security, privacy, and dependability of industrial systems. Based on e.g. a smart grid example, we will establish and develop the methodology to perform a multi-metrics analysis from components to sub-systems to systems. The course will allow you to compare security-related application goals with the results from the system analysis.
Learning outcome
After completing the course, you will be able to
- describe application-driven security and establish challenges of sensor-driven systems
- provide industrial examples, e.g. Smart Grid and automatic meter readings
- establish application-driven security goals as well as the semantics of your system
- generate matrices to describe the security impact of components and sub-systems, and perform a multi-metrics analysis to establish the system security
- analyze application goal versus system security and suggest improvements
- compare security-related application goals with the results from an extended system analysis
Admission to the course
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting studentwithin a given deadline.
Recommended previous knowledge
The course is built on basic knowledge of information security.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with TEK5530 – Measurable Security for the Internet of Things.
- 10 credits overlap with UNIK4750 – Measurable Security for the Internet of Things (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with UNIK9750 – Selected Topics in Measurable Security for the Internet of Things (continued).
Teaching
The course has full-day lectures/exercises roughly every other week throughout the semester, on average 3?hours lectures/exercises each week. The lectures will be held at ITS, Kjeller, with video conferencing to other locations for remote teaching.
There are mandatory?assignments throughout the semester, which will be part of a portfolio assessment that counts 40% towards your final grade.
As a PhD candidate you will in addition?deliver an analysis of a related topic to be decided with the lecturer. The analysis must be submitted?in the form of a scientific paper, for which you will receive a peer review in line with conference reviews. The analysis?does not directly contribute to your final grade. However, as it is part of the curriculum, questions related to the analysis may?appear on your exam.
The course lectures are given at Department of Technology Systems in Kjeller Research Park. See the schedule for the student bus from Campus Blindern.
Examination
- The final grade is based on a portfolio assessment which counts?40% towards the final grade.
- In addition there will be?a final oral exam, which counts for the remaining?60% of the final grade.
- In?case of many students, the final exam may be held as a written exam; this will be decided early in the semester.
- The analysis is in addition to the portfolio assessment, and does not directly contribute to your final grade. However, as it is part of the curriculum, questions related to the analysis may?appear on your exam.
It will also be counted as 1 of the 3 attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for the following courses:
- UNIK4750 – Measurable Security for the Internet of Things (continued)
- UNIK9750 – Selected Topics in Measurable Security for the Internet of Things (continued)
- TEK5530 – Measurable Security for the Internet of Things
Examination support material
You are allowed the presentations used in the lectures, scientific papers and case studies as well as your own portfolio and analysis for the exam.
Language of examination
Courses taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English. You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. 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.