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2021 unit offering information will be available in November 2020
Unit description
Gives students an in-depth understanding of cybersecurity from a management perspective including strategy (people), operations (process) and tactical (technology) pillars. Students will learn the knowledge and skills to manage cyber risks, recommend appropriate controls and contribute to developments of cyber security policies, standards and guidelines in SME.
Unit content
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assess cyber security risks to a small-to-medium enterprise (SME) and define, document and publish the directions the required cybersecurity program will adopt to address the risk | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | Develop and review cybersecurity policies, operational standards, processes, procedures and other collateral for ensuring security of a business information system | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | Propose required cybersecurity controls to advanced, persistent threats and create recovery procedures and business continuity plans for use after any successful penetration of an information system | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 4 | Assess the effectiveness of cybersecurity controls used by an organisation and communicate the evidence to management | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 5 | Conduct research and provide advice and guidance on recent trends and development in cybersecurity management. | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Assess cyber security risks to a small-to-medium enterprise (SME) and define, document and publish the directions the required cybersecurity program will adopt to address the risk
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Develop and review cybersecurity policies, operational standards, processes, procedures and other collateral for ensuring security of a business information system
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Propose required cybersecurity controls to advanced, persistent threats and create recovery procedures and business continuity plans for use after any successful penetration of an information system
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Assess the effectiveness of cybersecurity controls used by an organisation and communicate the evidence to management
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Conduct research and provide advice and guidance on recent trends and development in cybersecurity management.
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA5: Lifelong learning
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
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Commencing 2021 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
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