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2025 unit information
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1 x 2 hour online lecture per week, 1 x 2 hour practical experience (workshop) per week, weekly meetings.
Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online lecture per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour online practical experience (workshop) per week, weekly meetings.
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Equipment Requirements: Learning experiences and assessment activities in this unit may require that students have access to specific computing equipment such as external wireless adapters capable of injecting packets (to the approximate value of $100). This equipment will also be usable in subsequent units of the course. If purchases were required, students will be informed at the start of the unit.
In SIT182 students will learn the real world practices of cyber security by solving problems based on realistic case studies. Students will explore fundamental concepts of risks in managing communication networks and choose the appropriate means to manage these risks. The unit enables students to understand threats and vulnerabilities in the context of how systems can be compromised and how we can prevent harm to systems. There will be a practical focus on how we can detect and respond to cyber attacks. The key to learning will be introducing students to practices through case studies.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Explain and implement approaches to computer security including monitoring, access control, identity verification and authentication in order to minimize the impact of cyber attacks on a system.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
ULO2
Assess the impact of different attacks against organisations and analyse the effectiveness of its countermeasures.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO5: Problem solving
ULO3
Describe modern approaches to cryptography and explain how these are applied to secure networks.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO3: Digital Literacy
ULO4
Select and use cyber security tools to protect and attack computer systems in a professional manner.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO8: Global citizenship
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.
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the portfolio.
There is no prescribed text.
The texts and reading list for SIT182 can be found via the University Library.
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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