National Cyber Intelligence

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion, a student will be able to:

  1. Analyse cyber threat methods using the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
  2. Evaluate national and international cyber defence policies in response to Advanced Persistent Threats.
  3. Apply open-source intelligence methods to identify and assess threat actors.
  4. Produce structured and actionable cyber intelligence reports using open-source data and analytic techniques.
  5. Present and explain how MITRE ATT&CK techniques are used to identify, assess, and respond to cyber threats in national security environments.

• 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-2026 - Master of Strategy and Security

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-PICX8040-Cyber Crime and Cyber Policing (no longer available)

Others

Pre-requisite-Admission to MCT OR MCrim OR MCyberSecAnalysis OR MSSS OR MIntell OR MStrategySec OR GradCertStrategicPolicy OR GradCertSecStudCr
NCCW (2020 and onwards)
PICT8032 National Cyber Intelligence
PICT8040 Cyber Crime and Cyber Policing
PICX8040 Cyber Crime and Cyber Policing

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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