Unit of Study ISYS6002 Advanced Cybersecurity (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Unit description

Provides students with fundamental and vendor-neutral cybersecurity knowledge and skills. Students will learn about assessing, planning for and controlling cyber risks in complex systems like Internet of Things (IoT) in smart environments. Students will also examine national and international cybersecurity laws, regulations as well as issues related to ethics and privacy.

Unit content

Module 1: Cyber risk management and controls

Module 2: Advanced cyber risk control for smart environments

Module 3: Cybersecurity planning, modelling and testing

Module 4: State-of-the-art threat hunting and intelligence techniques

Module 5: Principles of digital forensics and incident response

Module 6: Cybersecurity compliance, ethics and laws for smart environments

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term2	Term2
Melbourne	Term2	Term2
Online	Term2	Term2
Perth	Term2	Term2
Sydney	Term2	Term2

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:

determine and critically assess cyber threats and risks to smart environments and propose appropriate measures to be taken.

develop comprehensive cyber security plans and policies for organisations, complex systems, and smart environments.

evaluate and contextualise the contemporary ethical and legal issues associated with securing smart environments.

examine incident response programs to reinstate operations following the successful attack of a smart environment system.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	30%
Case study	50%
Presentation	20%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	30%
Case study	50%
Presentation	20%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	30%
Case study	50%
Presentation	20%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	30%
Case study	50%
Presentation	20%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Critical review	30%
Case study	50%
Presentation	20%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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