INFO 7015 Applied Cybersecurity

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Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 301235

Coordinator Jim Basilakis Opens in new window

Description This unit covers the current approaches, technologies, and applied practices pertinent to cybersecurity and helps the student to understand important related protocols and standards. It describes the features needed for the mitigation of cyber vulnerabilities for improving the reliability of the underlying systems, privacy preservation, and achieving protections against cybercrime and internet fraud. It also examines the basics of ethical hacking, network assurance, cyber risk management, and incident analysis. The unit discusses the trends in applied cybersecurity and introduces some of the relevant current key research issues and features of the field.

School Computer, Data & Math Sciences

Discipline Security Science

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 2 10cp

Level Postgraduate Coursework Level 7 subject

Pre-requisite(s) COMP 7013

Restrictions

Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate program.

Assessment

The following table summarises the standard assessment tasks for this subject. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated, where there is a difference your Learning Guide takes precedence.

Item Length Percent Threshold Individual/Group Task
Practical 2 hours 20 N Individual
Intra-session Exam 2 hours 50 N Individual
Applied Project: Report (20%) and Presentation (10%) 4,000 words and 10 minutes 30 N Group

Teaching Periods