Unit Synopsis
Cybersecurity professionals are expected to design, analyse and validate computer systems and networks to maintain operational continuity in the face of attacks. In this unit, you will learn about common types of attacks and the tools and techniques used to prevent, detect and respond to them. You will develop skills in virtualisation and cloud services to address cybersecurity challenges. Additionally, you will gain experience with specialised cybersecurity tools for detecting vulnerabilities, monitoring network traffic and responding to attacks.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 1 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-Requisite: COIT11238 Networked Infrastructure Foundations. 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2027
Term 2 - 2027 Profile
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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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.
Source: Teaching Team Reflections
Some students have computers that have difficulty running the required virtual machines.
Provide a cloud-hosted alternative for running virtual machines.
A cloud-hosted alternative has been identified and is being investigated.
Source: Teaching Team Reflections and Student Evaluations
The assessment tasks are individual and overly prescriptive. Unfortunately, the assessment has lost the original 'detective hunt' experience.
Revise the recent assessment tasks to incorporate group work and exploratory learning.
Several group activities were added to the tutorials.
Source: Student evaluations
The unit requirements are unclear.
Improve the clarity of the requirements for the assessments.
In Progress
Source: Unit coordinator reflections
The unit covers too many topics.
Remove the following topics from the unit: • Network attacks, e.g. injections and floods • Linux tools for vulnerability identification, e.g. Nikto and Nmap • Linux tools for detecting network attacks, e.g. Wireshark.
In Progress
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