Overview

This unit engages students in simulated threats in a cyber war environment providing an opportunity to be the attacker and the defender, understand the motivations on both sides, and apply an ethical and legal lens to both sides of the threat. Students will reflect, stratagise and apply lessons to develop a framework for cyber threat prevention.

Requisites

Prerequisites
CYB80005 Applied Cyber Security

Rule

100cp from Master of Cyber Security Management

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Describe the threats to network security and their defences from the attacker and the defender view
  • Critically analyse a cybersecurity threat scenario and develop management strategies for the protection of an organisation
  • Evaluate the theory and practice behind the cyber threat and the role that security management plays in the wider picture of cybersecurity
  • Analyse the procedures and practices involved in managing cyber security risks and threats and apply these to a real world situation

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Class		3.00 12 weeks 36
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Swinburne Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 50 - 60% 1,2,3,4 
ProjectIndividual 40 - 50% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • Cyber war games unit
  • Ethical hacking
  • Software tools to monitor and capture network traffic
  • Packet sniffing, spoofing, carrying out cyber attacks
  • Attack and defence – human versus the machine
  • Disaster recovery – business contingency and disaster recovery plan
  • Incident response
  • Intrusion detection and prevention

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.