Unit of Study COMP2004 Systems Security and Operation (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Unit description

Gives students knowledge and skills to secure and operate networked information systems including their software, applications and services. Students will learn about operating systems, their security mechanisms and the prevalent security threats to hosts and applications as well as how to defend a networked information system against these security threats.

Unit content

1. The Security Operations Centre (SOC)

2. System security by design

3. Security information and event management (SIEM)

4. Security intelligence and system penetration testing

5. Digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) for safety critical systems

6. Critical infrastructure and security

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term4	Term4
Online	Term4	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explain and evaluate secure development operations, operating systems architectures and their security mechanisms

identify and analyse prevalent threats to enterprise security

install, configure and use appropriate tools to test and secure critical system services

develop and validate response programs as a team to restore system operations following compromise of a system and forensically investigate the incident

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Practical	50%
Application	40%
Quiz	10%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Practical	50%
Application	40%
Quiz	10%

Prescribed learning resources

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Fee information

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