TEK4560 – Basic Security in Cyber-Physical Systems
Course content
The course addresses the cybersecurity of Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs). CPSs are smart systems that include engineered interacting networks of physical and computational components. These systems exist everywhere around us, and range in size, complexity and criticality, from embedded systems used in smart vehicles, to SCADA systems in smart grids to control systems in water distribution systems, to smart transportation systems, to plant control systems, engineering workstations, substation equipment, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and other Industrial Control Systems (ICS). These systems also include the emerging trend of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) that will be the central part of the fourth industrial revolution.
Learning outcome
This course will introduce you to the cybersecurity challenges of CPSs and to systematic approaches to improve the security and resilience of such systems. After completing the course, you will have knowledge in the following topics:
- Background on Information and Cyber Security
- Cyber-Physical Systems and their characteristics
- Security and Privacy Concerns in CPSs?CPSs Cyber Security History and Threats
- Attacks against CPSs (Real-World Attacks Against CPSs)
- Preventing, Detecting, Mitigating Attacks against CPSs
- Risk assessment for CPSs
- Combined safety and security analysis of CPSs
- Industry Practices and Standards
- CPS Security in specific domains: Industrial Control Systems, Electric Power Grids, Maritime Systems, Transportation Systems and Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing, Medical Devices.
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb.?
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.?If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
This course has a limited capacity, and students will be prioritised in the following order:
Students admitted to the master's programme Informatics: Information Security, programme option Security in Cyber-Physical Systems
Students admitted to the master's programme in Informatics: Information Security, programme option Information Security
Students on other master's programmes at UiO with the course on their approved study plan
Other students
Applicants are ranked based on credits in each group. All applicants within group 1 are ranked before applicants falling within group 2, and so on. For students with the same number of credits within each group, admission is determined through a random draw.
Teaching
3 hours of teaching per week throughout the semester.
This course has mandatory exercises that must be approved before you can sit the final?exam.
The course lectures are given at Department of Technology Systems in Kjeller Research Park.?See the schedule for the student bus from Campus Blindern.
Examination
- A final oral exam counts 100% towards the final?grade.
- With many candidates, examination may be conducted as a written exam.
- This course has mandatory exercises that must be approved before you can sit the final?exam.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are?offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.