APPLIED CYBERSECURITY

SUMMARY

Cybersecurity is nowadays a necessary skill to maintain information systems. This course will provide a hands-on approach to use some of the available tools to improve security in information systems.

SYLLABUS

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• Security features of an information system (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability)

• Network security fundamentals

• Containers and Virtualization

• OSInt: Open Source Intelligence

• Source Code Security Vulnerabilities (Static application security testing)

• Forensic Analysis and Steganography

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Prof. Daniel Miranda

2Ai - Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

IPCA - Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave

Email: adcourses@ipca.pt

COURSE COORDINATORS

Prof. Nuno Lopes

2Ai - Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

IPCA - Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave

TEACHING STAFF

• Prof. Nuno Lopes (2Ai, EST, IPCA)

• Prof. Fernando Gomes (EST, IPCA)

• Prof. Vítor Manso (EST, IPCA)

• Prof. Nuno Coelho (EST, IPCA)

• Prof. Nuno Oliveira (EST, IPCA)

PREREQUISITES

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Industry/enterprises/business professionals

• Academic staff

• Researchers

• Graduates and postgraduate students

REGISTRATION

Registration (Procedure):

To register, please fill out the registration form. After submitting the registration, immediately, you will receive a first email with confirmation. After the course registrations deadline, you will receive a second email with payment details for the payment. Please contact us if you do not receive the first email (registration confirmation) in the next 3 days. To complete the registration process, you should proceed with the payment and send the receipt to adcourses@ipca.pt. The correct indication of customer data during the payment (ex. tax identification number and other relevant information) is the sole responsibility of the participant.

Minimum/Maximum number of participants: 8-20

Fee: 350,00 EUR

The Fee includes all the necessary materials for the course, certificate of attendance and gala dinner. Non-refundable registration fees.

School of Technology (EST)
Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA)
Campus do IPCA
4750-810 Barcelos
Phone: +351 253 80 22 60
Email: adcourses@ipca.pt

VENUE

Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA)

The Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA) is a Portuguese public institution of higher education, located in Barcelos, Portugal. IPCA was founded in 1994 with the objective of offering an optional source of higher education to the population from the district of Braga. The creation of a polytechnic institution of higher education is considered the answer to the local economic and social needs. Thus, being its educational model focused on practice, IPCA aims to instruct professionals with adequate qualifications for the labor market. Its success is evidenced by a high employment rate of its students and a high number of applications for IPCA courses. 

City of Barcelos

Barcelos is a city and a municipality in Braga District in the Minho Province, in the north of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 120,391 in an area of 378.90 km2. With 60 parishes, it is the municipality with the highest number of parishes in the country. It is one of the growing municipalities in the country, and is well known by its textile and clay industries. Barcelos is part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a Crafts and Folk Art City. The town's famous symbol is a rooster, in Portuguese called o Galo de Barcelos ("the Rooster of Barcelos").

Municipality of Barcelos Website (Click here)

ACCOMMODATION

TRAVEL

* By Car (Starting from Oporto Airport):
- Leave the Airport and take the Highway A41;
- Exit number 1 to Highway A28, direction Viana do Castelo/Vila do Conde;
- Exit number 18 to Highway A11, direction Braga/Barcelos;
- Exit number 3 to take the Route N103, direction Barcelos;
- Take the exit signposted IPCA Campus. You have arrived at your destination!

* By Train (Starting from Oporto Airport):
- At the Airport you can find the subway station. Take the violet subway line towards Porto-Campanhã;
- At the station Porto-Campanhã take Regional/InterRegional trains toward Barcelos. (Advisable);
- Barcelos train station is 2 km away from the IPCA. At the train station, you can find taxis that you can use to reach the IPCA Campus.