System vulnerabilities

University of Jyväskylä: ITKST56 System vulnerabilities, 5 ECTS. This course presents cybersecurity from a system security/system vulnerabilities perspective, including basic concepts related to CVE, CWE, CVSS, etc. This course aims to prepare a strong basic foundation for practical tasks related to cybersecurity, both in research and industrial/company environments. The course is heavily hands-on oriented where “learning by doing” is the main concept. For example, Kali Linux and related cybersecurity environments (e.g., Damn Vulnerable Web Application, SQLol, OpenVAS) are introduced in a very practical manner and students are invited to build knowledge and experience atop of that. The students are exposed to hands-on practical situations of setting up vulnerable environments, finding and/or exploiting cybersecurity vulnerabilities (e.g., XSS, SQL injections, other injections), and providing comprehensive reporting on the findings. After completing the course, the student understands the vulnerabilities of a modern information system and is able to analyse the parts of the system and identify potentially vulnerable points.