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Course Details

Course Commencement

Course Completion

Language

English

Exam Dates

Credits & LTP

Each course offers 5 credit points.

Credit
5
Lecture
3
Tutorial
1
Practical (Hands-on)
1

Recommended For:

Graduation Programme - B.E./B.Tech
Branch - Applicable across all engineering branches
Semester - 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th

Course Summary

Today as more and more businesses go online, the number of cyber attacks has soared as evidenced by high-profile data breaches, ransomware or distributed denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. This situation calls for developers and managers with skills to strengthen online systems against cyber attacks and make systems secure. This course aims to achieve that goal by thoroughly covering the basics of common cyber attacks, their defences and common security good practices in the real-world.

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RECOMMENDED PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

No prior knowledge is required for taking up this course.

Course Syllabus

The course syllabus will be delivered through a combination of eLearning resources, digital lectures, community based digital classrooms as applicable.

Course Components

Certificate Eligibility Criteria

  1. Students who successfully clear the summative assessment and meet each of the following criteria will receive a 'Certificate of Achievement'.
    Part B
    Score is greater than or equal to 50%

    Overall assessment score is greater than or equal to 50%, which includes the following components and weightage:

    Component Weightage
    Part A Assessment 30%
    Part B Assessment 50%
    Periodic Formative Assessment 10%
    Class Participation* 10%
  2. * Class participation to consist of the below parameters with the given weightage:
    Component Weightage
    Attendance in Digital Lectures 5%
    % Consumption of Digital Content 2.5%
    Vibrancy Score in Community 2.5%

    100% Completion of the course (which includes Digital Content, Digital Lectures, and Industry Assignments)

  1. Students who have not taken the summative assessment or do not meet the criteria mentioned in point (a) but have completed the course 100% (which includes the digital content, digital lectures, industry assignments and formative assessment) will receive the 'Certificate of Participation'.
  2. Students who have taken the summative assessment and have failed to clear it, will receive only a performance 'Scorecard'.
    Students who have not taken the summative assessment or do not meet the criteria mentioned in point (a) will receive the 'Certificate of Participation'.
  3. Students who do not meet any of the above criteria will not receive any certificate or scorecard.

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Certificate

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Career Outlook

  • The demand for Information Security Analysts, a top Cyber Security related job is expected to grow by 35% from 2021 to 2031, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • The top industry adding the most Cyber Security jobs in the US from 2021 to 2031 is Computer Systems Design and related services, followed by the Management of Companies and Enterprises industry.

  • It is estimated that the market size of Cyber Security is about US$2.5 billion to US$3 billion, which is close to 2% of the US$150 billion Indian IT sector.

  • India’s Cyber Security workforce stood at around 0.35 million in 2024. Overall, the global workforce is about 4.7 million Cyber Security professionals.

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Career Outlook

Potential Job Roles

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