Facts and figures
The programme at a glancePart of School
Programme information
What to expectAbout the programme
Justification
Security is one of the focus areas for our institute. We extend the curriculum by taking on security evaluation from an interdisciplinary angle. This enables you to tackle future security concerns and express their findings in reports. The security mindset is nurtured by applying evaluation strategies and methods in the context of server parks, secure engineering and communication platforms for civil society.
Method
The Security Lab exchange programme does not have individual modules. The backbone to the programme are the five projects. During these project (guest) lectures will be given that are connected to the project subject.
This exchange programme starts with six weeks of fundamental theory. The first four theory weeks will be parallel with introductory projects. Following the introductory projects are the major projects each lasting six weeks. This programme will be closed by a finishing project lasting two weeks. On theory days, concepts are discussed in the morning through demos, cases, and exercises. The afternoons are reserved for potential guest lecturers and project-time.
The way we work at this exchange programme:
- Throughout this exchange programme, students are guided to apply red and blue teaming exercises, conduct research and study methods from a security context.
- Exchange students who need to be back at their home university before January can complete the last project remotely.
Learning materials
The materials provided will consist of (recent) publications, links to relevant videos and to relevant examples within the security domain. You are required to bring your own laptop.
Type of assessment
The students will be graded on a 1-10 point scale on several projects, each of which are concluded with a group report. Variations in individual grades within a group are possible based on a student's effort during a project. At the end of the minor, the final grade is calculated individually by taking the average of the grades of each project.
Learning outcomes
If you have successfully completed this exchange programme then you are able to:
- Spot common errors in cryptography, computer security, network security, and human factors
- Formulate and execute appropriate evaluation strategies, and responsibly disclose their findings
- Apply red teaming, laboratory testing, and field study research methods in security contexts
Calendar
| Period 1 | |
| Week 1-2 | Introductio to the programme, introductory lectures, project 0 |
| Week 3 - 4 | Combination of (guest) lectures and working on project 1 (supervised and unsupervised) |
| Week 5 - 10 | Combination of (guest) lectures and working on project 2 (supervised and unsupervised) |
| Period 2 | |
| Week 1 - 6 | Combination of (guest) lectures and working on project 3 (supervised and unsupervised) |
| Week 7 - 8 | Combination of (guest) lectures and working on project 4 (supervised and unsupervised) |
| Week 9 - 10 | Optional resit opportunity |
Awarding
After completing your exchange programme at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, you will receive a:
- Transcript of Records
Projects
You have to complete all projects successfully to gain the 30 ECTS.Block 1 and 2 (all projects combined 30 ECTS)
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Project 0 - Social engineering
Project 0 - Social engineering
This is a short 2 week project, aimed of getting acquainted with the Security domain and with your fellow students. It is an introduction to subjects such as privacy and personal data security.
Security mindset
All project are executed in small groups. Central to this programme is the aim to develop the security mindset in students. This mean that they develop the ability to spot problems in complex systems and that students are able to exploit this. The security mindset is applied to a holistic security evaluation, where different targets of evaluation are inspected from multiple perspectives
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Project 1 - Code review
Project 1 - Code review
This is a short 2 week project, aimed of getting acquainted with the Security domain and with your fellow students. It is an introduction to subjects such as privacy and personal data security.
Security mindset
All project are executed in small groups. Central to this programme is the aim to develop the security mindset in students. This mean that they develop the ability to spot problems in complex systems and that students are able to exploit this. The security mindset is applied to a holistic security evaluation, where different targets of evaluation are inspected from multiple perspectives
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Project 2; Security Audit
Project 2; Security Audit
This is the first 6 week project. This project focuses on Security Audit by looking into security auditing live systems, ethical hacking and reporting your findings.
Security mindset
All project are executed in small groups. Central to this programme is the aim to develop the security mindset in students. This mean that they develop the ability to spot problems in complex systems and that students are able to exploit this. The security mindset is applied to a holistic security evaluation, where different targets of evaluation are inspected from multiple perspectives
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Project 3 - Security Engineering
Project 3 - Security Engineering
This is also a 6 week project, structured around Security Engineering. In this project you will learn to develop a secure product with a web-application and embedded systems element.
Security mindset
All project are executed in small groups. Central to this programme is the aim to develop the security mindset in students. This mean that they develop the ability to spot problems in complex systems and that students are able to exploit this. The security mindset is applied to a holistic security evaluation, where different targets of evaluation are inspected from multiple perspectives
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Project 4 - Pentesting
Project 4 - Pentesting
The final project is a 2 week project that involves pentesting of the prototype product from project 3.
Security mindset
All project are executed in small groups. Central to this programme is the aim to develop the security mindset in students. This mean that they develop the ability to spot problems in complex systems and that students are able to exploit this. The security mindset is applied to a holistic security evaluation, where different targets of evaluation are inspected from multiple perspectives
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