IT and Information Security for Administrative Staff.

After completing the course, the student shall have knowledge of: - In-depth knowledge and understanding of Ransomware, Phishing, Social Engineering. - Vulnerabilities and risks - Costs and consequences of intrusions and fraud - The importance of system updates - GDPR, rules and policies - Passwords and methods for securing password management - When and why VPN should be used - The importance of information security - Information classification from a security perspective After completing the course, the student shall have the skills to: - Identify and inform about possible security risks and how these can be minimised - Identify and understand how rules and policies affect the organisation - Demonstrate savings from using and following a user policy - Identify and counter vulnerabilities and risks for their organisation - Handle data from a GDPR perspective - Identify and manage networks to reduce threats and attacks and report when threats arise - How to restrict access to sensitive data in an organisation and separate different subsystems to prevent attacks After completing the course, the student shall have the competence to: - Apply specialised knowledge for secure digitalisation in system administration and propose and justify improvements that prevent cyber threats and IT vulnerability - Communicate and independently assess that policies and laws are complied with and how this is ensured in order to prevent threats that may arise - Apply an active security mindset in daily administration and also teach colleagues how this works In the course, the student learns behaviours and usage that can minimise and counter the vulnerabilities and risks that exist in IT. The student learns about rules and policies as well as information classification from a security perspective. After completing the course, the student shall be able, through proposals for improvement, to prevent cyber threats and IT vulnerability and thereby create secure data handling for the organisation.