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EP279V Cyber Security Analysis 3.0 credits

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Become more secure with cyber security knowledge. In this course, you will learn methods to analyse threats, risks and defence of large systems against cyber attacks. It will streamline your security work and improve your organisation's protection.

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Termin

Information for Autumn 2025 Start 27 Oct 2025 single courses students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
27 Oct 2025 - 12 Jan 2026
Periods
P2 (3.0 hp)
Pace of study

17%

Application code

10066

Form of study

Distance Daytime

Language of instruction

English

Course memo
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Number of places

10 - 25

Target group

Professionals in cybersecurity alternatively with interest to learn the basics of cybersecurity.

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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus EP279V (Autumn 2025–)
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Content and learning outcomes

Course disposition

Hybrid (All compulsory parts can be completed remotely. Some optional parts are only carried out physically.)

Course contents

This course teaches a threat modeling-based method for analyzing cybersecurity risks for systems-of-systems. It includes developing and combining models for computer system resilience, threat actor capabilities, and business impacts of realized threats into an overall cyber risk assessment. Moreover the course addresses how cyber risk analysis is used for identifying and arguing for cost efficient defense mechanism selection for protecting the analyzed system-of-systems.

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the student should be able to

  • model threats in large-scale computer systems (including software, networks, etc.)
  • describe and evaluate threats and attacks in large-scale computer systems
  • describe defence mechanisms for computer system and how they relate to vulnerabilities and attacks
  • carry out risk analysis based on a model
  • report and present models, a cybersecurity risk analysis, and defense strategies for a computer system

in order to

  • understand and explain which threats a specific system can have
  • understand and explain how attacks work and propagate through a system architecture
  • argue why certain risks should be prioritised
  • choose an effective defense to decrease risk.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Knowledge and skills in basic programming, 6 credits.

Knowledge and skills in ethical hacking, 3,5 credits, corresponding to completed course EP274V Ethical Hacking I

or

at least 3 years of professional experience in a technical role in one of the following areas: systems development, systems management, systems architecture, IT architecture, or IT security.

Knowledge in English corresponding to the upper secondary course English B/English 6. 

Recommended prerequisites

General knowledge in computer science and IT as well as basic experience of working with cyber security.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

P, F

Examination

  • PRO1 - Project assignment, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

EECS/Computer Science

Main field of study

Computer Science and Engineering

Education cycle

Second cycle

Supplementary information

This course overlaps with EP2790.