Course: Security and Data Protection in Mobile ICT

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Course title Security and Data Protection in Mobile ICT
Course code KIT/NNBOD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kysela Jiří, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its implications for the information society. 2. New rights and protections for data subjects (declared in GDPR) and the resulting data administrator responsibilities. Data administrator responsibilities for privacy violations, potential sanctions for the institution. 3. ePrivacy regulation complementing GDPR and protection of metadata derived from mobile electronic communications (geolocation data, etc.) 4. Identification of personal data and special personal data, quasi-identifiers. 5. Personal data of users acquired by applications thanks to simultaneous sensors on mobile devices (geolocation, biometrics, etc.). 6. Digital time-space fingerprints of the mobile user and their minimization. 7. Current methods used to locate the user, their accuracy, advantages and disadvantages. 8. Identify fraudulent techniques and software (social engineering, phishing, malware). 9. Threats of personal data leakage and privacy erosion of mobile ICT users. 10. Correct handling of passwords and other sensitive information in web applications and databases. 11. Security and personal data protection by encryption, anonymization, and pseudonymization. 12. Data Protection Officer (DPO) role in ICT security. 13. Web applications security (PHP, SQL and JavaScript) against the most common vulnerabilities Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery), SQL injection, session hijacking, etc.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact teaching - 52 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the rules and best practices in the area of cyber security and personal data protection, focused on mobile ICT. Knowledge of the subject will enable students to apply security principles when designing and implementing applications in compliance with EU regulations such as GDPR or ePrivacy required in practice.
Passing the course, information on cyber security is obtained, which supports the design and development of web application protected against vulnerabilities.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites for this course is basic orientation in mobile ICT.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

In the practical work the student will design and develop a web application (PHP, JavaScript, HTML, SQL) in which will use deklared security techniques against the most frequent vulnerabilities.
Recommended literature
  • HARWOOD, Mike. Internet Security: how to defend against attackers on the web. Burlington, MA: Jones & Barlett Learning, 2016. ISBN 978-1-284-09055-0.
  • KOLOUCH, Jan. CyberCrime. Praha, 2016. ISBN 978-80-88168-15-7.


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