Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Fundamentals of Cyber Security

Credit Points: 12.00

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
ISYS3442	City Campus	Postgraduate	665H Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain	Internet	JanJun2022 (All)
ISYS3442	City Campus	Postgraduate	665H Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain	Internet	JulDec2022 (All)
ISYS3442	City Campus	Postgraduate	665H Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain	Internet	JanJun2023 (All)
ISYS3442	City Campus	Postgraduate	665H Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain	Internet	JulDec2023 (All)
ISYS3442	City Campus	Postgraduate	665H Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain	Internet	JanJun2024 (All)
ISYS3442	City Campus	Postgraduate	665H Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain	Internet	JulDec2024 (All)
ISYS3442	City Campus	Postgraduate	665H Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain	Internet	JanJun2025 (All)

Course Coordinator: Dr Malka N. Halgamuge

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 8287

Course Coordinator Email: malka.halgamuge@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Building 80

Course Coordinator Availability: Appointment via email

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

This course is critical to understanding the complexity and nuances of cyber security as a technical discipline, and adequately interact with technical cyber security teams. This foundational course in Cyber Security will enable you to apply key concepts to cyber defence, identity and access management, network, communications and infrastructure security.

This course explores key concepts, principles and practices of cyber security. It will introduce you to security, concepts, and key security principles. You will develop insights into the types, anatomy and stages of cyber attacks with an overview of security tools and cyber defences. You will also be introduced to approaches to identity and access management (IdAM), network security concepts, applications and infrastructure security. Finally, you will engage with emerging cyber security issues.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

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Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

1. Analyse organisational drivers and business objectives to identify, prioritise and plan cyber security needs.
2. Analyse key cyber security principles through the use of cyber security tools, controls and cyber defences.
3. Critically evaluate the security controls around identity and access management, network and communications security, applications and infrastructure security to identify vulnerabilities and propose defensive strategies against cyber threats.
4. Formulate strategic advice and recommendations to implement security controls that adopt a risk-based approach and meet organisational strategy and business needs.

Overview of Learning Activities

This online course uses highly structured learning activities to guide your learning process and prepare you for your assessments. The activities are a combination of individual, peer-supported and facilitator-guided activities, and where possible project- led, with opportunities for feedback throughout.

Authentic and industry-relevant learning is critical to this course and you will be encouraged to critically compare and contrast what is happening in your context and in industry, and to use your insights.

Social learning is another important component and you are expected to participate in class and group activities, share drafts of work and resources and give and receive peer feedback. You will be expected to work efficiently and effectively with others to achieve outcomes greater than those that you might have achieved alone.

The learning activities enable you to understand course learning resources and apply that learning to improve your own practice, for example by producing real-world artefacts and engaging in scenarios and case studies.

Overview of Learning Resources

Each learning activity contains the core resources, such as videos, podcasts, readings, templates, articles, industry tools and/or communities that you need to complete that activity, or links to those resources.

Additional learning resources designed into the course, will be clearly marked as supplemental. If your course teaching team finds additional resources during course delivery which they think can support or be of interest to the class cohort, these will be made available as required during the teaching period.

In your class environment, besides your learning activities you will also find:

• All assessment briefs.
• A course information page with a study schedule.
• Various communication tools to facilitate collaboration with your peers and facilitators, and to share information.

Learning Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases, subject guides, and other facilities.

Assistance with referencing, study support, finding computers and study spaces is available at the RMIT library Study website. If you require assistance with the RMIT library facilities contact Ask the Library.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment Task 1: 30%
Linked CLOs 1, 2

Assessment Task 2: 30%
Linked CLOs 2,3

Assessment 3: 40%
Linked CLOs 3, 4