IMS5002 - Information systems security

Leader: Sue Foster

Offered

Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit will provide students with a knowledge of information systems security issues, and their relevance to the management of information systems in contemporary organisations. The students will gain knowledge of the nature of information threats and vulnerabilities and of the control technologies and techniques which can be applied to reduce risk. Recent developments in IS security technologies will be analysed and assessed.

Assessment

Assignments: 50%
Formal Supervised Assessment: 50%

Contact hours

2 hours per week

Prerequisites

24 credit points of IMS 9000-level units, or equivalent; or FIT9003, FIT9004, FIT9005, FIT9006, or equivalent; or 24 credit points of graduate level units in the Graduate Diploma in Information Management and Systems, or the Graduate Diploma in Information and Knowledge Management, or the Gradute Diploma in Business Systems, or the Master of Information Management and Systems, or the Master of Information Management and Systems (Professional), or the Master of Information Technology, or the Master of Business Systems, or the Master of Business Systems Professional, or equivalent; or an approved undergraduate degree in information systems (IS) or information management (IM) or equivalent.

Prohibitions

SYS3110, SYS3194, SYS4110, IMS3110