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COIT11241 Cyber Security Technologies
Cyber Security Technologies
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General Information

Overview

Cyber security professionals need to create, analyse and test computer systems and networks to assure they will operate in the presence of attacks. In this unit, you will learn the types of attacks that may be encountered and the tools and techniques to prevent, detect and respond to those attacks. You will build your skills in virtualisation, cloud services and scripting to solve cyber security challenges. You will also learn special cyber security tools for detecting vulnerabilities, monitoring network traffic and responding to attacks.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 1
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-Requisites: COIT11238 Networked Infrastructure Foundations AND COIT11222 Programming Fundamentals.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Student Evaluations and Teaching Team Reflections

Feedback

The unit requirements are unclear.

Recommendation

More detailed steps will be included in the assessments and tutorial exercises will be created to help students understand the assessment requirements.

Feedback from Teaching Team Reflections

Feedback

The unit covers too many topics.

Recommendation

The topics covered by the unit will be reduced. For example, advanced topics such as Metasploit will be removed.

Feedback from Teaching Team Reflections

Feedback

Windows virtual machines and Wazuh are difficult to use on computers with less than 16Gbytes of RAM and 30Gbytes of free hard drive space.

Recommendation

Additional information about the hardware requirements for a machine that can handle simultaneous virtual machines will be added to the eUnit profile and unit materials. Troubleshooting support will also be added to the tutorials.

Feedback from Student Evaluations and Teaching Team Reflections

Feedback

Students appreciate learning real world skills.

Recommendation

Continue to cover tools such as Kali, Wazuh, and Windows controls and attacks.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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This information will be available on Monday 13 May 2024
Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 17 June 2024
Academic Integrity Statement

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