DigiPro is a Norwegian center for digitalization of the process industry and offer a set of competence-building courses for increasing the knowledge within this area. The courses are developed and implemented mainly as online courses to be completed when working full time, with a startup gathering and are primarily offered to employees of the DigiPro-partner companies. 

NTNU offers two coures in this program: 

1. Technology Mangement for DIGIPRO -  autumn 2022 - application deadline has passed.
2. Cyber Security for DIGIPRO - spring 2023.

Target group

Managers, project managers and skilled/production workers.

Required previous knowledge

1. Completed degree in technology, economics, management or science of 180 credits. 
2. Minimum two years relevant work experience
3. Working conditions must be documented with a certificate from the employer describing the type of job / work tasks, job percentage and duration. 

If you do not have a bacheolor’s degree or equivalent completed education of at least 180 credits, you can request a prior learning assessment of your admission basis.

How to apply

Participation is primarily offered to employees of the DigiPro partner companies.  Application deadline for DigiPro course 2 - Cyber Security is December 10th 2022. 

Apply for DigiPro course 2 - Cyber Security

Content: 

• Human, Organizational, and Regulatory Aspects of Cybersecurity: risk management; law, regulation, standards; privacy. 
• Attacks and Defenses: malware; adversarial behaviors; security operations; forensics. 
• Systems Security: cryptography; identity management & authentication; software security.
• Infrastructure Security: network security; cyber physical systems security; critical infrastructure security.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of organizational and technological management of cybersecurity risk 
• In-depth knowledge of methods and frameworks for organizational and technological management of cybersecurity risk 
• Can apply the knowledge to relevant areas in own business
• Can analyze relevant academic issues based on the subject area's history, traditions, uniqueness and place in society

Skills

• Analyze and relate critically various sources of information and apply these to structure and formulate professional reasoning
• Use existing theories, methods and interpretations within organizational and technological management of digital risk and independent work with practical and theoretical problem solving
• Choose relevant methods for professional development work in an independent way. 

General competence

• Analyze relevant professional and ethical issues
• Apply knowledge and skills in new areas to carry out advanced work tasks and projects
• Can convey independent work and masters the subject area's forms of expression
• Can communicate about professional issues, analyses and conclusions within the subject area, both with specialists and to the general public
• Can follow up new thinking and innovation processes.

Learning methods and activities

The course consists of a startup physical gathering, an asynchronous online part based on recorded lectures, and a final mandatory assignment. It is planned that the students will work with issues that are related to their everyday work with a focus on technological and organizational challenges related to cybersecurity. In addition to this, students will also be expected to make a digital presentation and to carry out peer reviews of their fellow students' work.