Cyber Warfare

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion, a student will be able to:

  1. Critically analyse characteristics and typologies of different cyber threats through a geopolitical lens.
  2. Evaluate cyber offense and defence capabilities, policies and strategies.
  3. Formulate evidence-based policy recommendations to strengthen national cyber defence.
  4. Apply evidence-based critical reasoning through written and/or visual presentations.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• MAQ-STS-MAS-2027 - Master of Strategy and Security
• MAQ-STP-GCE-2027 - Graduate Certificate of Strategic Policy

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-PICX8080 (Not currently available)

Others

Pre-requisite-Admission to MCT(OUA) OR MCrim(OUA) OR MCyberSecAnalysis(OUA) OR MSS(OUA) MIntell(OUA) OR MStrategySec(OUA) OR GradCertStrategicPolicy(OUA) OR GradCertSecStudCr(OUA)
NCCW (2020 and onwards)
PICT8030 Cyber Warfare
PICT8080 Cyber Conflict, Cyber Espionage and Information Warfare
PICX8080 Cyber Conflict, Cyber Espionage and Information Warfare

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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