SecLab in 15 minutes

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SecLab in 15 minutes

• Laboratory for research and education in
• Computer Security and Security Informatics
• Fredrik Björck
• bjorck_at_dsv.su.se

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Our Mission

• Our mission is to advance theory and practice in
  computer and information security, for the
  benefit of society.
• Our approach is holistic we shed light on the
  problems of security from many different
  perspectives e.g. technical, social,
  managerial, economic, legal.
• Our audience is composed of both academic
  (students, scholars, other groups) as well as
  industrial (security managers, consultants,
  companies) parties.

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What we do - Education

• Doctoral programme
• 10 students enrolled (approx.)
• Masters programme
• 140 students enrolled (approx.)
• 70 international (taught in english)
• Security courses modules
• In total 15 (approx.)

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What we do - Research

• Management of Information Security (to
  understand, explain, control, predict)
• Education and Awareness in Security (alternative
  methods for teching and learning security,
  comparative ethical studies, methods for
  visualizing security)
• Intrusion Detection Systems
• IT Security Education for Developing Countries
• Security Metrics (Key Performance Indicators
  underpinning ROI estimations for security
  investments)
• Security Objects
• Certification Management Systems

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People

• Five senior scientists (with doctoral degree)
• Ten full-time doctoral candidates
• Four full-time lecturers

This is not all of us
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What makes us stand apart?

• A genuine interest in the practical problems of
  Information Security for individuals, in
  businesses, in society and how to solve these.
• Truly holistic approach (to see the whole)
• Multi disciplinary (techno social)
• Multi perspective (business individual)
• Multi levels (software, protocols,
  organisations, society, ...)

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Course modules

• Säkerhetsinformatik och Systemteori (troligen ht)
• Informations- och datasäkerhet
• Företagssäkerhet (eng.)
• Kommunikationssäkerhet
• Praktisk Säkerhet (labbet)

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Nästa år

• Kryptokurs (eng) HT, 5 p
• Säkerhetsutvärdering av SW, 5p
• IT-rätt på sv ht eller eng vt, 5p
• Företagssäkerhet 5p vt (case)
• Det kommer att finnas flera olika kurser att
  välja på under fjärde året större kursutbud än
  förut.

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Vad erbjudet SecLab och Informationssäkerhets-bran
schen dig?

• Växande arbetsmarknad
• Intressant område
• En tydligt definierad nisch för din karriär
• En välkomnande bransch med många föreningar
  (ISACA, SIGSEC, SAIS, etc).

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Questions
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Thank you