- Docente: Michele Colajanni
- Crediti formativi: 8
- SSD: ING-INF/05
- Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Laurea Magistrale in
Ingegneria informatica (cod. 5826)
Valido anche per Laurea Magistrale in Informatica (cod. 5898)
Laurea Magistrale in Artificial Intelligence (cod. 9063)
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dal 23/09/2025 al 17/12/2025
Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire
In a digital world, every activity is vulnerable to cyber attacks. At the end of the course the students are able to know and evaluate the most dangerous cyber threats to the society and to specific organizations and industries. Moreover, they are expected to be able to design and build secure systems by adopting modern defensive strategies and technologies that are discussed in class and experimented in lab.
Contenuti
Cyber scenario
Cybersecurity goals: security and availability of information and services
Defensive and Offensive security
Analysis of cyber threats: actors and motivations
(Too many) vulnerability human and technological issues
A top-down approach to cybersecurity
Cyber risk management
Qualitative and quantitative evaluation
Strategies, policies and technologies
Assessment and validation
Cyber threat intelligence
Modern approaches: Machine Learning for cybersecurity, Zero Trust, Deception
Competences and jobs related to cybersecurity
Testi/Bibliografia
Slides, teacher's notes, book chapters, scientific articles and online resources indicated on the course website (virtuale.unibo.it).
Metodi didattici
The course consists of lectures and exercises in class. Interaction is appreciated and evaluated as a component of the final grade
Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento
The students can choose between two alternatives.
(1) Oral exam that includes the analysis of a networked system and its services, discussion about cybersecurity issues, presentation of possible solutions.
(2) Project (max 3 students), presentation of the results and discussion.
The students interested to the option (2) must agree on the topic of the group project with the teacher before the end of November 2025 and complete the assessment in the first exam session (by the end of February 2026).
The students interested to the option (1) can take the exam whenever they want.
For all students the positive evaluation will go from 18 to 30 (possibly, cum laude).Strumenti a supporto della didattica
All the teaching material is available to the students on virtuale.unibo.it soon after each lesson.
Orario di ricevimento
Consulta il sito web di Michele Colajanni