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Cybersecurity and Governance

Objectives

The subject Cybersecurity and Governance aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge about the new threats and risks within Cyberspace, Cybersecurity governance frameworks at the enterprise, national and international levels, as well as existing counter-cyberconflicts tools. This subject also aims to contribute to the understanding of the relevance and emergence of different actors and security measures.



 


General characterization

Code

36121

Credits

6

Responsible teacher

Felipe Pathé Duarte ,Lino Santos

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 0

Teaching language

Available soon

Prerequisites

Not Applicable

Bibliography

Not Applicable

Teaching method

12 theoretical-practical lessons and 3 seminar



 


Evaluation method

Written examination, which may be replaced by written work.


Subject matter


  1. Introduction: Information, Information Security and Cybersecurity

    1. Cyberspace and Cyberspaces

    2. Information and Information Security therory

    3. Cybersecurity evolution



  2. Hackers, Crackers e other outlaws in Cyberspace

    1. Hacktivism, Cybercrime, Cyberterrorism and Cyberwar

    2. Tools, Tactics and Procedures

    3. Cyber Intelligence



  3. Cyberspace Regulation

    1. Portuguese Cyberspace Security Regulation Law

    2. NIS2 directive

    3. CER directive



  4. Fight against Cybercrime

    1. Budapeste Convention

    2. Portuguese Cybercrime Law



  5. Incident response and Cybersecurity crisis management

    1. Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs)

    2. Information Sharing and Alerting Centres (ISACs)

    3. Cybersecurity crisis management

    4. National and International cooperation



  6. Other public policies

    1. Coordinated vulnerability disclosure

    2. Cyber-higiene

    3. Risk management

    4. Certification



  7. Algorithms and future technologies

    1. Big data

    2. Artifitial Intelligence

    3. Blockchain

    4. Qantic computing