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Australia and Cyber Intelligence
Postgraduate | MAQ-PICX8049 | 2020
Previously MAQ-PICX849
Course information for 2020 intake View information for 2024 course intake
Examine cyber policing from an intelligence-led policing perspective by looking at cybercrime, jurisdictions and extradition, information sharing, collaboration and cyber policing challenges
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 18 weeks
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Australia and Cyber Intelligence
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- critique contemporary literature relating to the concepts of cyber intelligence and policing
- demonstrate higher order communication skills including the ability to formulate sustained, persuasive and original written and oral arguments
- model academic research skills, particularly the ability to select sources appropriately to integrate knowledge from diverse sources, to critically evaluate its significance and relevance, synthesise material and present finding logically, rationally and lucidly
- evaluate how the intelligence function fits within the dynamic national and internal cyber security context
- critically analyse a case study, demonstrating professional judgment and assessment.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
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%)
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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-PICX849-Cyber Policing and Intelligence in Australia (no longer available)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
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.
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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