Australia and Cyber Intelligence

• • A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.

Equivalent subjects

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

• MAQ-PICX849-Cyber Policing and Intelligence in Australia

Special requirements

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  Video Conferencing

  Note:

  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 Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

This subject is previously known as PICX849 Cyber Policing and Intelligence in Australia

The results of a cyberattack can be disastrous, ranging from physical destruction to economic chaos. Therefore, organisations must develop cyber threat intelligence that enables a more proactive, over-the-horizon threat awareness posture. In this subject students learn how cyber intelligence can be used to fight cybercrime and strengthen an organisation’s security posture against a range of adversaries and attack vectors. This includes understanding the role of cyber intelligence; intelligence tactics, techniques and processes; as well as the intelligence product and evaluation, analysis and interpretation of cyber intelligence. Cyber policing will be examined from an intelligence-led policing perspective.  As part of this we look at cybercrime, jurisdictions and extradition, information sharing, and collaboration and cyber policing challenges.  During the subject, students will use a commercial software platform to examine the application of intelligence analysis processes and procedures.  
 

• Assessment 1 (50%)
• Assessment 2 (25%)
• Assessment 3 (25%)