Introduction to Cybersecurity
UndergraduateLTU-CSE1ICB2025
Explore the basic principles of cybersecurity. Get familiar with industry terminology, software, and best practices. You’ll learn about the importance of protecting data. Study real-world cyber threats and delve into current solutions.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 20 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 28 July 2025,
- 17 Nov 2025
- Price from
- $1,164
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Introduction to Cybersecurity
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Describe key emerging cybersecurity practices, regulations, and standards.
- Demonstrate foundation skills in identifying malware, securing applications, systems, and networks.
- Employ and compare approaches for cyber risk management used to address real world problems.
- Work efficiently and effectively as a member of a team to investigate possible solutions such as cryptography to enhance data security, and web security, and digital forensics against cyber threats.
- History, Fundamental Concepts and Terminology of Cybersecurity
- Software and Application Security
- History and Evolution of Computer Networks and Threats
- Basics of Cryptography
- Safe Handling of Data in Digital Business
In the modern Internet era, industries and organisations need to be prepared to defend against cyber threats and attacks. Stakeholders should be familiar with basic principles and best practices of cybersecurity to protect their businesses and personal information. In this subject, these principles and strategies for future cyber security are explored. Key topics include: information security; ethical and legal practices; mitigating cyber vulnerabilities; and the process of incident response and analysis. The subject introduces the broad discipline of cybersecurity and outlines how to ensure the privacy, reliability, confidentiality and integrity of information systems and mitigate against cyber threats and risks.
- Malware Analysis (equivalent to 750 Words) (25%)
- Case Study on the world’s biggest data breach (equivalent to 1000 words per student) (35%)
- Project-based Assessment: Risk Assessment and Network Security Simulation (equivalent to 1500 Words) (30%)
- Quiz (equivalent to 500 Words) (10%)
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Entry requirements
Others
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed CSE3CSX (Cybersecurity Fundamentals) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Student feedback
29 student respondents between 25 May 2024 - 2 Mar 2025.
100%of students felt the study load was manageable
96%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Information Technology
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG
Information Technology Open Degree Pathway
UndergraduateLAT-ICT-PTH
UndergraduateLAT-CYS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health Sciences
UndergraduateLAT-AHS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-HSC-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-HSC-DIP
UndergraduateLAT-CRM-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DIP
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