Cybersecurity: the people and organisation
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2022 teaching periods
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Prerequisites
75 Credit PointsAims and objectives
This unit provides a broad understanding of managing cybersecurity and its significance in enabling organisations to operate effectively within a fast paced, increasingly complex and diverse global environment. The management role will be examined from the perspective of direction-setting, decision-making and strategic planning; the organising role covering structure and design, communications and information technology, human resource management and the management of change and innovation; the leadership role covering the basics of organisational behaviour, group and team dynamics, motivation and leadership styles; and the controlling or performance management function introducing operations and value chain management within a specialised workforce.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Demonstrate coherent and advanced knowledge of managerial functions of planning, organising, leading and controlling across the organisation in diverse and complex environments
2. Critically analyse the relevance of Human Capital Management (HCM) in the strategic management of specialised cybersecurity staff
3. Critically analyse the strategic priorities associated with managing security in a complex business environment
4. Work collaboratively as a member or leader of a team and/or with stakeholders and implement methods for optimising collaboration
2. Critically analyse the relevance of Human Capital Management (HCM) in the strategic management of specialised cybersecurity staff
3. Critically analyse the strategic priorities associated with managing security in a complex business environment
4. Work collaboratively as a member or leader of a team and/or with stakeholders and implement methods for optimising collaboration
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Face to Face Mode: Class 3 hours per week
Online Mode (SOL):
Engaging with online content and discussions
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Online Mode (SOL):
Engaging with online content and discussions
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
Assignment 1 (Individual) 15-25%
Assignment 2 (Group) 35-45%
Case Based project (Individual) 30-50%
General skills outcomes
• problem solving skills
• communication skills
• team work skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• ability to work independently
• communication skills
• team work skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• ability to work independently
Content
• Human capital management
• Cybersecurity workforce planning, recruitment and retention
• Cultural change management
• The Human Resources (HR) value proposition in knowledge creation practices
• Contemporary Issues in HCA (such as organisational change and restructuring, corporate social responsibility, ethical corporate governance, impact of technology on HCM, sustainability management, job redesign, and the implementation of new organisational forms such as cross border alliances
• Strategic Employee Relations and Human Capital Analytics (HCA)
• Understand the components of an effective information security program and align them with the organisation needs
• Creating a security culture within an organisation for employees to comply with
• Identifying insider threats
• Leveraging human behaviour to reduce organisational risk
• Social engineering
• Cybersecurity workforce planning, recruitment and retention
• Cultural change management
• The Human Resources (HR) value proposition in knowledge creation practices
• Contemporary Issues in HCA (such as organisational change and restructuring, corporate social responsibility, ethical corporate governance, impact of technology on HCM, sustainability management, job redesign, and the implementation of new organisational forms such as cross border alliances
• Strategic Employee Relations and Human Capital Analytics (HCA)
• Understand the components of an effective information security program and align them with the organisation needs
• Creating a security culture within an organisation for employees to comply with
• Identifying insider threats
• Leveraging human behaviour to reduce organisational risk
• Social engineering
Study resources
- References.
References
• Higgins, M 2015, Cybersecurity, ABDO Publishing, Minneapolis
• Donaldson, S 2015, Enterprise Cybersecurity: How to Build a Successful Cyberdefence Program Against Advanced Threats, Apress, Berkeley
• Donaldson, S 2015, Enterprise Cybersecurity: How to Build a Successful Cyberdefence Program Against Advanced Threats, Apress, Berkeley