Cyber Security in Practice

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

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-PICX311-Cyber Security in Practice (No longer available)

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• MAQ-PICX2020-Policing and Crime
• MAQ-PICX1030-Introduction to Criminology
• MAQ-PICX311-Cyber Security in Practice (No longer available)

Others

Pre-requisite 50cp at 2000 level or above NCCW (pre-2020 units) PICT311, PICX311

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 Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Computer systems and networks, and the applications that they support, are essential to information flows, economic transactions and critical infrastructure in the twenty-first century. This subject will present an overview of cyber security in practice with reference to both public and private sector organisations. The subject will look at the motives and perpetrators of cybercrime. It will explore how individuals and organisations face specific threats from their use of technology and identifies challenges in maintaining cyber and information security. It further examines the protective security measures required to protect physical and digital access to information through people, infrastructure and computer systems.

• Tutorial participation (10%)
• Seminal article critique (20%)
• Weekly quizzes (20%)
• Research Essay (50%)

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