Subject

Digital Trust and Identity

1. Course Title Digital Trust and Identity
Digital trust and identity
2. Code DCS-Z-03
3. Study Programme Security, Cryptography and Coding
4. Organizer of the study programme (unit, institute, department or division) Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
5. Degree level (first, second, third cycle) Second cycle
6. Academic year / semester 10 / Summer
7. Number of ECTS credits 6
8. Teacher Boro Jakimovski, Riste Stojanov
9. Prerequisites for enrolling in the course
10. Objectives of the course programme (competences) Upon completion of the course, the student is expected to understand the mechanisms for user identification in the digital world, as well as the protocols for exchanging this information between systems. Additionally, the student will be introduced to the legal framework related to trusted services.
11. Course content Digital identity, Authentication and levels of authentication of digital identity, Digital identity exchange protocols, Digital identity federations, Trust in digital identity federations, Trust services, EIDAS
12. Learning methods Lectures, projects, discussions and workshops
13. Total available time 6 ECTS x 30 hours = 180 hours
14. Distribution of available time 60 + — + 45 + 45 + 30 = 180 hours
15. Forms of teaching activities
15.1. Lectures - theoretical instruction 60 hours
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, auditory), seminars, teamwork — hours
16. Other forms of activities
16.1. Project assignments 45 hours
16.2. Independent assignments 45 hours
16.3. Home study 30 hours
17. Assessment method
17.1. Tests 40 points
17.2. Seminar paper / project (presentation: written and oral) 45 points
17.3. Activities and learning 20 points
17.4. Final exam 0 points
18. Grading criteria (points / grade)
up to 50 points5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points10 (ten) (A)
19. Requirement for obtaining a signature and taking the final exam Completed activities 15, 16
20. Language of instruction Macedonian and English
21. Method for monitoring the quality of teaching Internal evaluation and survey mechanism
22. Literature
22.1. Required literature
1. William Stallings | Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards (6th ed.) | Prentice Hall | 2016
2. Phillip J. Windley | Learning Digital Identity | O'Reilly Media | 2022
3. Yvonne Wilson, Abhishek Hingnikar | Solving Identity Management in Modern Applications: Demystifying OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML 2.0 | Apress | 2019
4. Michael Schwartz, Maciej Machulak | Securing the Perimeter: Deploying Identity and Access Management with Free Open Source Software | Apress | 2018
22.2. Additional literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year