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Applied Cyber Security

Postgraduate | MAQ-PICX8048 | 2020

Previously MAQ-PICX848

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Gain an overview of communications security, risk assessment, human factors, authentication, malicious software, software security and legal and ethical issues for a comprehensive understanding of cyber security threats.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
18 weeks

FEE-HELP available

Applied Cyber Security

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of cyber security threats, technologies and management practices within public and private sectors
    2. critique and evaluate threats faced in the cyber world and contrast them against those in the physical world
    3. evaluate the significance and relevance of the governing principles behind cyber security, the theory and practice behind technology risks and countermeasures and the role that security management plays in the wider picture of cyber security
    4. demonstrate a comprehensive awareness of the procedures and practices involved in managing cyber security risks and threats and apply these to a real world situation, through the establishment of a cyber security risk assessment exercise.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • MAQ-PICX848-Applied Cyber Security (no longer available)

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -

    Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

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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