Cyber Security and Privacy

Week by week (official course layout)

1. Week 1: Introduction - Introduction to cyber security, Confidentiality, integrity, and availability. R1. From information security to cyber security. Computers and Security, 2013, accessible at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404813000801
2. Week 2: Foundations - Fundamental concepts, CIA, CIA triangle, data breach at target. R2. Chapter 1- Text R3. Why you should care about the Target data breach? Business Horizons, 2016, accessible at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0007681316000033
3. Week 3: Security management, Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)- GRC framework, security standards. R4. Text-Chapter 4 - Planning for security, pp. 171- 176
4. Week 4: Contingency planning - Incidence response, Disaster Recovery, BCP. R5. Text-Chapter 4 - Planning for security, pp. 214-251
5. Week 5: Cyber security policy - ESSP, ISSP, SYSSP. R6. Text-Chapter 4- Information security policy, pp. 177-213. R7. Internet insecurity: The end of cyber security. HBR, 2018, accessible at: https://hbr.org/2018/05/internet-insecurity
6. Week 6: Risk Management - Cyber Risk Identification, Assessment, and Control. R8. Text-Chapter 5- Risk management: Identifying and assessing risk. R9. Case Study- Protecting the Cheddar: The end of cyber security. HBR, 2018, accessible at: https://hbr.org/2018/05/case-study-protecting-the-cheddar
7. Week 7: Cyber security: Industry perspective - Defense Technologies, Attack, Exploits R10. Text-Chapter 6-7- Security technology
8. Week 8: Cyber security technologies - Access control, Encryption, Standards. R11. Text-Chapter 8- Cryptography R12. Active defense and hacking back: A primer- The end of cyber security. HBR, 2018, accessible at: https://hbr.org/2018/05/active-defense-and-hacking-back-a-primer?ab=seriesnav-bigidea
9. Week 9: Foundations of privacy - Information privacy, Measurement, Theories. R13. Privacy, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2013, accessible at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/privacy/ R14. We Googled you. HBR Online, 2007, accessible at: https://hbr.org/2007/06/we-googled-you-2
10. Week 10: Privacy regulation - Privacy, Anonymity, Regulation, Data Breach. R15. Text-Chapter 3- Law and ethics R16. UNCTAD. Data Protection and Privacy Legislation Worldwide, accessible at: https://unctad.org/page/data-protection-and-privacy-legislation-worldwide
11. Week 11: Privacy regulation in Europe, Privacy: The Indian Way - Data Protection, GDPR, DPDP, Aadhar. R17. GDPR: General Data Protection Directive (https://gdpr-info.eu) R18. Privacy and security of Aadhaar: A Computer Science perspective, IIT Delhi, accessible at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26697657.pdf R19. The digital personal data protection bill, 2023 https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Digital%20Personal%20Data%20Protection%20Protection%202023.pdf
12. Week 12: Information privacy: Economics and strategy, Economic value of privacy, privacy valuation, WTA and WTC, Business strategy and privacy, espionage, Privacy vs safety. R20. The dark side of customer analytics. HBR Case, 2007, accessible at: https://www.pomsmeetings.org/ConfPapers/052/052-0002.pdf R21. Apple privacy vs safety issues: https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/cold-call-apples-dilemma-balancing-privacy-and-safety-responsibilities

Topics as the course page lists them. Weekly assignment due dates are shown only inside the course after a SWAYAM sign-in, so they are not here — check the course page every week.

This course's certificate rule

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course. Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100 Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week. YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

As printed on the course page. General rules: NPTEL FAQ.