ISKB38 Information Safety

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020

The course is not taught in Spring 2020

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavla Vizváry, Ph.D. LL.M. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavla Vizváry, Ph.D. LL.M.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
ISKB09 Internet Tools
Knowledge topics in range of subjects ISKB07 Digital competencies and ISKB09 Tools and possibilities of the Internet.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
Course objectives
The subject focuses on information safety and people motly in the electronic environment. The main objective lies not in technical security but in the social aspect of safety in interaction with information and information technologies. Students should be aware of the main threats in this direction and possible basic safety measures that can limit them. We will focus on an ordinary user of information technology, not security at the level of organizations or the country.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- define the basic current problems of information safety with emphasis on social aspects;
- interpret and analyse specific real problems in human-information interaction;
- argue about the reasons and ways of using safety measures when working with information for different target groups;
- evaluate the credibility of information, information resources and communication.
Syllabus
  • 1. Defining issues, information resources about information safety.
  • Safety measures
  • 2. Criteria for evaluating the credibility of information and information resources.
  • 3. Safe behaviour and privacy protection.
  • 4. Security of hardware and software, including mobile technologies. Basics of cryptology and its current using.
  • Information threats
  • 5. Misusable of personal information on the Internet and their searching.
  • 6. Social engineering.
  • 7. Malware and junk messages.
  • 8. Cyberbullying, sexting, grooming.
  • 9. Inappropriate and illegal content: extremist movements, religious cult, copyright and pornography.
  • 10. IT addiction.
  • Information security breaches
  • 11. E-commerce and its safety.
  • 12. Information policy of organization and country in terms of safety.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • LONG, Johnny. Google hacking. Vyd. 1. Brno: Zoner Press, 2005, xviii, 472. ISBN 8086815315. info
  • DOSEDĚL, Tomáš. Počítačová bezpečnost a ochrana dat. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer Press, 2004, ix, 190. ISBN 8025101061. info
  • MITNICK, Kevin and William SIMON. Umění klamu. Gliwice: Helion, 2003, 348 s. ISBN 83-7361-210-6. info
Teaching methods
E-learning, activity at seminars, practical tasks, reading
Assessment methods
1. Subject theory is available in e-learning (Elf). It is compulsory to study independently before meeting about specific topic.
2. Individual reading of 5 scholarly articles on various course topics and their presentation and discussion in a shared document or in meetings.
3. Individual final task (egosurfing and possible attacks abusing obtained information).
4. For full-time students, attendance and active discussion at meetings following-up e-learning theory are mandatory. Combined students can replace the attendance with an additional task (educational matherial for libraries about information safety published on the Internet).
5. Discussion colloquium verifying acquired knowledge and skills.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf3/course/info.php?id=2562
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