6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate - Unit
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Offered
- Second semester 2018 (On-campus)
- Summer semester B 2018 (On-campus)
- First semester 2018 (On-campus)
- Second semester 2018 (On-campus)
Synopsis
This unit will provide students with an understanding of: OSI security architecture; common information risks and requirements; operation of encryption techniques; digital signatures; public key infrastructure; authentication and non-repudiation; intrusion detection and response; firewall defence; privacy and ethics issues; security configurations to PC-based applications; and design of information systems with security compliance and security standards and protocols.
Outcomes
At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- describe OSI security architecture and apply common security standards and protocols for network security applications e.g. electronic mail, IP, web and network management;
- critically assess threats, vulnerabilities and risks to an organisations information assets and propose control technologies and techniques which can be applied to reduce the security risk;
- apply cryptographic techniques to develop methods to disguise information to ensure its integrity, confidentiality and authenticity;
- describe the ethical, legal and criminal issues relating to the security of information and network systems;
- implement cryptographic algorithms and security protocols to provide security over networks and the Internet;
- design system security against intruders and malicious software;
- apply security configurations to computer and network based applications.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%
Workload requirements
Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:
- Contact hours for on-campus students:
- Two hours of lectures
- One 2-hour laboratory
- Study schedule for off-campus students:
- Off-campus students generally do not attend lecture and tutorial sessions, however should plan to spend equivalent time working through the relevant resources and participating in discussion groups each week.
- Additional requirements (all students):
- A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.
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