Information Security

• • Information Security Goals, Threats and Vulnerabilities
  • Symmetric Encryption and Message Confidentiality
  • Public-Key Cryptography and Message Authentication
  • Hashing Algorithms
  • Application Software Security
  • Network Security
  • Database Security
  • Standards and Practices
  • Contingency Planning and Incident Response
  • Digital Forensics

No eligibility requirements

Special requirements

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In this subject you will learn about the basic principles and techniques for maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and availability of digital information. The basic topics covered include information security goals and threats, cryptographic algorithms, and procedures for safe and secure information flow. The advanced topics covered include incident response and contingency planning, standards and practices, and digital forensics.

You will gain practical information security experience by working on a realistic and complex case study that involves opportunity to respond to a work-related information security dilemma and rationalise and communicate information security solutions. By the end of the subject, you will know how to apply symmetric encryption to ensure message confidentiality, as well as public-key cryptography for message authentication, and how to integrate basic information security principles into network, application and database systems.

• Engagement Task 1: Tutorial Attendance (0%%)
• Engagement Task 2: Self Introduction (0%%)
• Case Study (50%%)
• Fortnightly Quizzes (20%%)
• Portfolio (30%%)