CySecK course on Computer Systems Security from 1-May-2021 to 31-July-2021

Date/s: 01 - 31 May 2021

Organising Partners: CySecK & IISc


In pursuit of the objective of capacity building in Cybersecurity, CySecK through its course-based skill building programme proposes to disseminate free security courses from faculty of top institutes to students across Karnataka.

More details: https://cs-coe.iisc.ac.in/portal/courses/view/8

1)    Course Registration 

Course Title Course Instructor  Course Duration
Computer Systems Security Dr Vinod Ganapathy 1-May-2021 to 31-July 2021

Pre-requisites – Standard undergraduate exposure to computer security The courses will be offered free of cost.

  • Students/Faculty and Industry Professionals can register for the courses and attend the recorded lectures as per their desired pace and convenience.
  • The course recordings will be made available on the open domain, via CySecK YouTube channel. A dedicated course playlist has been created for the same. Click here

2) Course Pattern and Timelines

  • The courses offered will be self-paced in nature.
  • From the time of registration, the student will be required to complete the course within a timeframe of 3 months.
  • There will be 1 hour Q&A session every month (3 – 4 sessions in total per course) where the esteemed faculty would answer questions from students taking their course.
  • The Q&A session will be conducted via WebEx platform.

3) Assessments

  • Those who have registered for the course before 9-May-2021 will be eligible to take assessment.
  • Upon course completion, the registered students can take up a two-part final assessment on 9-Aug-2021
  1. MCQ assessment exam (objective style) designed by the course instructor.
  2. Final assignment designed in the form of a Programming Challenge

4) Certificates

  • Students clearing the MCQ assessment will receive ‘Certificate of Completion’.
  • Student to successfully complete the final assignment will be awarded a ‘Certificate of Achievement’ from CySecK.