Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Coomera | Term4 | Term4 |
| Gold Coast | Term4 | Term4 |
| Online | N/A |
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
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | explain and evaluate secure development operations, operating systems architectures and their security mechanisms |
| 2 | identify and analyse prevalent threats to enterprise security |
| 3 | install, configure and use appropriate tools to test and secure critical system services |
| 4 | develop and validate response programs as a team to restore system operations following compromise of a system and forensically investigate the incident |
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
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed resources/equipment.
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
- Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
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International
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