Postgraduate - UnitFIT5129 - Enterprise IT security - planning, operations and management

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

Enterprise networks are highly complex infrastructures that demand correct management practices in planning, operations and security. Significant challenges arise from the scale of operations required as well as the increasingly common incidents of intrusion, sabotage, espionage or data theft, and vandalism. The unit will provide students with practical foundations in planning secure networks, policy-based operations and the implementation of security. Students will also be introduced to best practices in dealing with security breaches. Practical skills will be acquired through lab activities and case studies (projects).

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explain critical factors of enterprise security planning, operations and management;
perform risk analysis and assessment;
provide practical security policies, strategies and implementation plan for enterprise systems.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Phu Dung Le

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

Two hours of lectures
One 2-hour laboratory/tutorial

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.

Prerequisites

FIT5037 and FIT5163

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu/units/fit5129/