School Of Computer, Data And Mathematical SciencesApplied CybersecurityWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 301235.2
Discipline: SECURITY SCIENCE
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Prerequisite
300695 Network Technologies
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.
About this Unit
This unit covers the current approaches, technologies, and applied practices pertinent to cybersecurity and helps the student to understand important related protocols and standards. It describes the features needed for the mitigation of cyber vulnerabilities for improving the reliability of the underlying systems, privacy preservation, and achieving protections against cybercrime and internet fraud. It also examines the basics of ethical hacking, network assurance, cyber risk management, and incident analysis. The unit discusses the trends in applied cybersecurity and introduces some of the relevant current key research issues and features of the field.
Courses| 3698.4 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) | CURRENT |
| 3699.4 | Master of Information and Communications Technology | CURRENT |
| 3700.2 | Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology | CURRENT |
| 3765.1 | Master of Artificial Intelligence | CURRENT |
| 3766.1 | Graduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence (Exit only) | CURRENT |
| 3779.1 | Master of Information Governance | CURRENT |
| 3780.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology/Master of Data Science | CURRENT |
Specialisations
| A3025.1 | Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Pathway A - 1.5 years | CURRENT |
| A3026.1 | Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Pathway B - 1 year | CURRENT |
| A3027.1 | Graduate Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Pathway C - 1 year | CURRENT |
| A3037.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) Pathway A - 2.5 years | CURRENT |
| A3038.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) Pathway B - 2 year program | CURRENT |
| A3039.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology (Advanced) Pathway C - 2 years | CURRENT |
| A3040.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology Pathway A - 2 years | CURRENT |
| A3041.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology Pathway B - 1.5 years | CURRENT |
| A3042.1 | Master of Information and Communications Technology Pathway C - 1.5 years | CURRENT |
| A3046.1 | Master of Communications Technology/Master of Data Science - Pathway A - 3 year program | CURRENT |
| A3047.1 | Master of Info and Com Technology/Master of Data Sci - Pathway B - 2.5 Year program | CURRENT |
| A3048.1 | Master of Communications Technology/Master of Data Science - Pathway C -2.5 yr program | CURRENT |
| ST3065.1 | Cybersecurity | CURRENT |
| ST3080.1 | Information Governance | CURRENT |