SIT284 - Cyber Security Management
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Keshav Sood Trimester 3: Jemal Abawajy |
| Prerequisite: | SIT182 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SIT763 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 2 x 1 hour online lectures per week, 1 x 2 hour practical experience (workshop) per week. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 2 x 1 hour online lectures per week (recordings provided), 1 x 2 hour online practical experience (workshop) per week. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit provides students with the foundations required to learn the fundamentals of cyber security management for organisations. Students will be introduced to cyber security assessment; including policy development and risk management through application of methodological and procedural techniques, for a range of organisational constraints. Students will examine both business and security operations. The unit also enables students to develop contingency planning, risk assessment, risk management and compliance standards for various businesses. Students will also explore legal and ethical issues in the context of security management and audit and will be taught security education, training and awareness (SETA), incident response and auditing for cyber security management.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Identify and apply organisational planning and cyber security management principles for organisations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Assess security risks, threats and vulnerabilities to the organisation and implement appropriate information security protection mechanisms including security controls. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Identify personnel security, training and security education needs, and associated legal and ethical awareness and propose strategies for corporations taking into account cost benefit ratios. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Analyse cyber security risk management plans and procedures for organisations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 Critical thinking tasks | Two written reports, approximately 1,500 words each | 60% (2 x 30%) | Weeks 4 and 6 |
| Assessment 2 Cyber security management report (Group) | Written report, approximately 2,500 words | 40% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
Prescribed text(s): Whitman, 2018, Management of Information Security, 6th edition, Cengage Learning.
The texts and reading list for SIT284 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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