725G98 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G1N) · Informatik
Perspectives on Security and IT
Active · next start VT 2027
93%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TENT · 28 Aug 2026 · 41 students
57%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TENT · 122 students
84%
Harder than 84% of courses at basic level
Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 122 students.
Part of 1 programme
Exam
TENT Individual written examination
- VG
- G
- U
Ordinary exams
57% passed · 122 students
- 93%41
- 38%81
Re-exams
No sittings with at least 5 students.
- Get VG: 20% (122 students)
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
PRO2 Project
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 333 students
- 100%72
- 100%81
- 100%71
- 100%60
- 100%49
Later rounds
100% passed · 31 students
- 100%5
- 100%6
- 100%20
- Pass a later round: 100% (31 students), compared with 100% (333 students) on the ordinary exam
Show small sittings (5)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
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Other module
UPPG Assignment
- VG
- G
- U
Main rounds
98% passed · 244 students
- 100%82
- 97%72
- 96%45
- 100%45
Later rounds
100% passed · 35 students
- 100%15
- 100%20
- Pass a later round: 100% (35 students), compared with 98% (244 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get VG: 24% (279 students)
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About the course
Aim
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- describe and explain basic definitions, concepts, and security principles for information systems, from both a technical and an operational perspective
- identify and analyze security risks, vulnerabilities and problem areas for information systems, from a technical, organizational, ethical, societal, and sustainability perspective
- analyze, evaluate and problematize security solutions and their possible consequences from different perspectives
Content
The course focuses on business-oriented information security, highlighting information security from a technical, organizational, and societal perspective.
The main content of the course includes:
- Basic definitions, concepts, and perspectives on security and information Technology (IT)
- Vulnerabilities in information systems
- Basic principles of security from a technical perspective, e.g., security-enhancing techniques, malicious software, etc
- IT security from a social perspective, e.g., individuals' attitudes towards security, integrity, rules and trust
- IT security from an organizational and management perspective, e.g., legal and juridical aspects, routines, responsibilities, protection and classification of data/information, policies and strategies.
- IT security from a societal and ethical perspective, as well as a sustainability perspective, e.g. consequences of risks and vulnerabilities in information systems for society
- Security assessment, e.g. risk and vulnerability analyses
- Examiner
- Gianluigi Viscusi
- Main field of study
- Informatik