Swedish Business School at Örebro University

Course Syllabus

General Aims for Second Level Education

Second level education shall involve a deepening of knowledge, skills and abilities relative to first level education and, in addition to what applies to first level education, shall
- further develop the students' ability to independently integrate and use knowledge;
- develop the students' ability to deal with complex phenomena, issues and situations; and
- develop the students' potential for professional activities that demand considerable independence or for research and development work.
(Chapter 1, Section 9, Higher Education Act)

The student should after the course:
- have basic knowledge about legal aspects and security aspects relevant for usage of Information and Communication technologies (ICT) within public sector
- have basic knowledge about management of information security within an organization.
- be able to discuss and critically reflect about information security issues related to individuals, organizations and society.
- be able to understand information security problems and evaluate different solutions to the problems and thereafter choose the most eligible solution.
- have ability to find, analyze and evaluate information suitable for scientifically grounded knowledge development and the ability to communicate the results in a scientifically and formally correct manner.

The course deals with legal aspects and security aspects relevant for usage of Information and Communication technologies (ICT) within public sector. Information security is studied both from organizational perspective and from citizen perspective.
The course consist of four parts:

1: Introduction to information security and to fundamental laws relevant for the public sector.
2: Organizational perspective. Areas that are focused are: organization, employees, interoperability, efficiency, and security.
3: Citizen perspective. Areas that are focused are: privacy, legal security, and publicity.
4: Managing information security. In this last part information security is dealt with from a public authority perspective. Essential issues in this moment are: risk analysis, security policies, security awareness and trust.

Teaching is in the form of lectures and seminars.

Students who have been admitted to and registered on a course have the right to receive tuition and/or supervision for the duration of the time period specified for the particular course to which they were accepted (see, the university's admission regulations (in Swedish)). After that, the right to receive tuition and/or supervision expires.

For further information, see the university's local examination regulations (in Swedish).

Unless otherwise prescribed in the course syllabus, a grade is to be awarded on completion of a course. The grade is to be determined by a teacher specifically appointed by the higher education institution (an examiner) (Chapter 6, Section 18, Higher Education Ordinance).

Unless the higher education institution prescribes another grading system, one of the following grades is to be used: fail, pass, or pass with distinction (Chapter 6, Section 19, Higher Education Ordinance).

Grades used on course are Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG).

For further information, see the university's local examination regulations (in Swedish).

Completed studies corresponding to 180 ECTS credits from an institution of higher education or 90 ECTS credits in one major subject: basic, intermediate and advanced level.

For further information, see the university's admission regulations (in Swedish).

Students who have previously completed higher education or other activities are, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, entitled to have these credited towards the current programme, providing that the previous studies or activities meet certain criteria.

For further information, see the university's local credit transfer regulations (in Swedish).

Grades:
One of the following three grades is awarded: Fail, Pass or Pass with Distinction. In order to receive Pass the written report have to be passed and the student has to active participate in the seminars. In order to receive Pass with Distinction the report have to be performed with Pass with Distinction and the student has to active participate in the seminars.

Remaining tasks should be completed as soon as possible according to the teachers instructions.


Reading List and Other Teaching Materials

Required Reading

Additional course material will be made available at the department./Övrig litteratur tillhandahålles av universitetet.

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