Hybrid (All compulsory parts can be completed remotely. Some optional parts are only carried out physically.)
EP279V Cyber Security Analysis 3.0 credits

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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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 EP279V (Autumn 2025–)Content and learning outcomes
Course disposition
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
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
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
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.
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Supplementary information
This course overlaps with EP2790.