Unit of Study INFO6002 Cybersecurity Essentials (2024)

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Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Unit description

The unit covers essential knowledge and techniques of cybersecurity including security principles, vulnerabilities, attacks and defences, risk management and governance, authentication, authorisation & accountability, and legal, privacy and ethical issues. Students will gain knowledge to defend against cyber threats and attacks and grasp techniques for managing security issues.

Unit content

Module 1: Introduction to cybersecurity

Module 2: Security principles and cybersecurity cube

Module 3: Vulnerabilities, attacks and defences

Module 4: Risk management and governance

Module 5: Authentication, authorisation & accountability

Module 6: Legal, privacy and ethical impacts of cybersecurity

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Not currently available in 2024

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:

analyse vulnerabilities and potential security threats and their consequences in real world scenarios

apply appropriate security techniques or tools to defend against malicious attacks and manage security issues

critically evaluate different levels of risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies

articulate legal, privacy or ethical impact of cybersecurity across communities and societies.

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