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SIT284 - Cyber Security Management

Year:

2022 unit information

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Last updated: 4 March 2022

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Keshav Sood
Prerequisite:

SIT182

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

SIT763

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

2 x 1 hour online classes per week, 1 x 2 hour workshop per week.

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

Online independent and collaborative learning including optional scheduled activities as detailed in the unit site.

Content

This unit provides students with the foundations required to learn the fundamentals of cyber security management for organisations. Students will be introduced to cyber security assessment; including policy development and risk management through application of methodological and procedural techniques, for a range of organisational constraints. Students will examine both business and security operations. The unit also enables students to develop contingency planning, risk assessment, risk management and compliance standards for various businesses. Students will also explore legal and ethical issues in the context of security management and audit and will be taught security education, training and awareness (SETA), incident response and auditing for cyber security management.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1 Identify and apply organisational planning and cyber security management principles for organisations.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO7: Teamwork

ULO2

 Assess security risks, threats and vulnerabilities to the organisation and implement appropriate information security protection mechanisms including security controls.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

 Identify personnel security, training and security education needs, and associated legal and ethical awareness and propose strategies for corporations taking into account cost benefit ratios.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

 Analyse cyber security risk management plans and procedures for organisations.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)		 Indicative due week
Critical thinking tasks Three written reports, approximately 750 words each 60% (3 x 20%) Weeks 4, 6, and 8
Cyber security management report (group) Written report, approximately 2,500 words 40% Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

Prescribed text(s): Whitman, 2018, Management of Information Security, 6th edition, Cengage Learning.

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SIT284 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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