Overview

This unit of study aims to provide you with a deeper understanding of protocol performance in the Internet and a comprehensive overview of common Cybersecurity issues and mechanisms to address these for online Engineering applications in your discipline

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Appraise various Internet protocols for suitability in different Engineering applications (A2, K3, K4, K5, S3)
  • Discuss Cybersecurity protocols to manage risk to data transferred over the Internet (A2, K3, S1, S2)
  • Design an Internet-based Engineering application (A7, K3, K5, S1, S2, S3)
  • Construct a secure system for remote applications (A7, K3, S2, S3, S4)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture		 1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Class		 1.00  11 weeks  11
On-campus
Lab		 2.00  11 weeks  22
Unspecified Activities
Various		 8.75  12 weeks  105
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PortfolioIndividual 100% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • Transport Layer Protocols
  • TCP Congestion Control
  • Threats to online applications
  • Encryption and Hashing
  • Public vs Symmetric Key Encryption
  • Certificates and PKI
  • Building secure systems
  • System Hardening

Study resources

Reading materials

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