Overview

Students who complete this unit of study will understand the nature of security threats to IT systems. Students will be familiar with the tools used by hackers and crackers and be aware of ways of identifying and rectifying security breaches and will understand how to assess the vulnerability of computing systems.

Requisites

Prerequisites
COS30015 IT Security

Rule

One of:
COS10009 Introduction to Programming
OR
SWE20004 Technical Software Development
OR
COS30043 Interface Design and Development
AND
One of:
COS10005 Web Development
OR
COS10026 Computing Technology Inquiry Project
OR
COS10026 Computing Technology Inquiry Project
OR
COS10011 Creating Web Applications
AND
One of:
TNE10005 Network Administration
OR
TNE10006 Networks and Switching

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Teaching Period 2
Location
Online
Start and end dates
08-July-2024
06-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
21-July-2024
Census date
02-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
23-August-2024
Results released date
29-October-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Evaluate security of client and server computers
  • Plan security audits
  • Critically analyse the concepts of social engineering and physical security
  • Use a variety of security-related tools to identify attacks and mitigate attacks
  • Evaluate authentication and encryption systems
  • Research issues in IT Security

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Class
1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class
2.00 12 weeks 24
Online
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
8.33 12 weeks 100
TOTAL148

Sarawak and All Applicable Locations

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture
2.00 12 weeks 24
On-campus
Class
2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
8.33 12 weeks 100
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL298

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Applied ProjectIndividual 35 - 45% 1,2,3,4,5 
Research ProjectIndividual/Group 35 - 45% 1,2,4,6 
TestIndividual 15 - 25% 1,2,4 

Content

  • Overview of Internet Crime and computer security threats
  • Operating System Flaws
  • Security Tools
  • System logs
  • Firewalls, security: theory, practice, design
  • Ports scanning, packet sniffing and intrusion detection
  • Understanding and responding to security alerts
  • Server technologies, risks and policies
  • Vulnerability analysis and Audit
  • Secure programming practices
  • Script injection and input sanitizing
  • Security Models
  • Physical Security
  • Authentication (identity, biometrics and digital signatures)

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.