Course Code: bspiot
Duration: 14 hours
Course Outline:

  • Introduction to Cybersecurity

    • Introduction

    • Threats, attacks and vulnerabilities

    • Safeguards and Protection

    • Lab - Intro to Packet Tracer

  • Privacy and IoT

    • Introduction

    • Calls and proposals for ethical design, values and principles

    • IoT in Smart Homes

    • Iot for health

    • Conclusion

  • IoT devices and network security

    • Introduction

    • Hardware attacks

    • IoT devices and vulnerabilities

    • Threat mitigation

    • IoT communication layers

    • Lab - Testing a Firewall

    • Lab - Plain text vs Encrypted

  • Secure data and software

    • Introduction

    • Application vulnerabilities

    • Web and cloud application vulnerabilities

    • Application layer protocols and mitigation

    • Proactive security

    • Lab - IoT Exploits

  • Summary and assessment

    • Introduction

    • Cybersecurity and Privacy in the IoT

    • Case study - Soter Spine

    • Case study - Cambridge Analytica

    • Case study - Smart Meter Hacks

    • Innovation in IoT Security - Blockchain