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CS2117 - Foundation of Cybersecurity

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Computer Science
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Course Offering Term*:
Semester A 2025/26
Semester A 2026/27 (Tentative)

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

This course aims to provide a fundamental understanding of cybersecurity principles. Students will gain a broad understanding in a wide array of cybersecurity aspects, including but not limited to risk, ethics, cryptography, web and network security. 
Students are given the opportunity to identify and discuss security requirements of current systems, identify potential security problems, evaluate the performance of existing approaches and design appropriate security policy and controls for everyday systems


Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Continuous Assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%
Examination Duration: 2 hours
Min. Examination Passing Requirement: 30%
 

For a student to pass the course, at least 30% of the maximum mark for the examination must be obtained.

 
Detailed Course Information

CS2117.pdf