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

EXAM

Exam times

- TBD (December/January)

- 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.