Overview

This unit of study aims to provide you with a deeper understanding of protocol performance in the Internet and a comprehensive overview of common Cybersecurity issues and mechanisms to address these for online Engineering applications in your discipline

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
02-March-2026
31-May-2026
Last self-enrolment date
15-March-2026
Census date
31-March-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
21-April-2026
Results released date
07-July-2026

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  1. Appraise various Internet protocols for suitability in different Engineering applications (A2, K3, K4, K5, S3)
  2. Discuss Cybersecurity protocols to manage risk to data transferred over the Internet (A2, K3, S1, S2)
  3. Design an Internet-based Engineering application (A7, K3, K5, S1, S2, S3)
  4. Construct a secure system for remote applications (A7, K3, S2, S3, S4)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture		 1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Class		 1.00  11 weeks  11
On-campus
Lab		 2.00  11 weeks  22
Unspecified Activities
Various		 8.75  12 weeks  105
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PortfolioIndividual 100% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • Transport Layer Protocols
  • TCP Congestion Control
  • Threats to online applications
  • Encryption and Hashing
  • Public vs Symmetric Key Encryption
  • Certificates and PKI
  • Building secure systems
  • System Hardening

Study resources

Reading materials

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