Graduate Certificate of Cyber Law

2023 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2023 course information
Award granted	Graduate Certificate of Cyber Law
Campus	Final offering for this course is T1 2023.
Duration	1 year part time
Deakin course code	M575
Approval status	This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS - International students should note that, due to visa regulations, this course can only be undertaken while living outside Australia.
For continuing students only.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

The Graduate Certificate of Cyber Law prepares you for the evolving legal challenges of the digital world. Develop technical skills in both cyber technology law and IT, and use your dual expertise to protect and defend victims of cybercrime.

Want to take your legal career to the next level with a qualification that’s sought-after across all organisations with a digital footprint?

As technology continues to change, adapt and transform, so too does the risk of cyber related threats. This emerging risk creates challenges for legal and IT industries, as well as business and government. Deakin’s Graduate Certificate of Cyber Law trains you to meet this challenge head on.

This course provides long-lasting career benefits to all types of graduates regardless of background, for example, law graduates looking to upskill in the technical aspects of cyber security, or IT specialists wanting to understand the law and regulatory frameworks. Throughout the course you’ll combine complementary skills in both disciplines and cover a broad range of areas that reflect the challenges faced by cyber lawyers on a daily basis. With guidance from teachers who are leaders in the field, you’ll explore:

technology law
data security
privacy laws and rights
cloud computing
digital literacy
cyber security risks and decision-making
legal and ethical issues in security management.

Build practical experience developing contingency planning, risk assessments, risk management and compliance standards for real businesses, and apply data protection policies and procedures to relevant case studies.

Students will be able to leverage the extensive research, industry partnerships and state-of-the-art facilities of Deakin Law School and Deakin’s Centre for Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CCSRI). With research in areas spanning international law, criminal justice, cyber analytics, artificial intelligence and information warfare, you’ll have direct access to some of the most progressive cyber law content in the world.

Whether you’re aspiring to shape policy at a government level or aiming to use your knowledge of data security to be on the front line of combating cybercrime, the Graduate Certificate of Cyber Law provides you with the tools and experience you need to be a confident decision-maker and in-demand specialist.

Indicative student workload

As a student in the Faculty of Business and Law, you can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include classes, seminars, practicals and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.

Career opportunities

Cybercrime is at an all-time high. Government and businesses, big and small, are in need of professionals who can identify risks before they happen and provide legal protection for their digital operations.

Graduates of this course will have the legal acumen and technical IT knowledge to explore a variety of roles including:

cyber lawyer
cybersecurity consultant
cryptographer
business analyst
policy adviser
security analyst.

Mandatory student checks

Units which contain work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. These requirements will be detailed in unit guides upon enrolment.

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, the type of fee place you hold, your commencement year, the units you choose and your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place. Further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods is available on our Current students fees website.

Course Learning Outcomes

Graduate Learning Outcome	Course Learning Outcome
Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities	Demonstrate an understanding of: the Australian and international legal system as it applies to the regulation of data and cybercrime IT security policy development and human security management security issues associated with large data sets and the results obtained from analytics on such data
Communication	Communicate in both a legal and IT contexts appropriately and effectively to identify issues with, and propose solutions to, cyber security and law issues
Digital literacy	Use digitally-based technologies and data to find, use and disseminate information relevant to cyber security and related legal issues
Critical thinking	Exercise critical thinking, judgment and intellectual independence to evaluate, consolidate and synthesise knowledge relevant to cyber security and related legal policy and practice
Problem solving	Apply legal reasoning, critical analysis and theoretical constructs to generate and articulate responses to relevant to cyber security and law contexts
Self-management	Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award
Teamwork	Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award
Global citizenship	Apply legal and IT skills to demonstrate an understanding of the global nature of data flows and the global nature of cyber crime

Course rules

To complete the Graduate Certificate of Cyber Law, students must attain a total of 4 credit points, consisting of 3 credit points of core units, 1 credit point of elective units, completion of the compulsory 0-credit point module, MAI010 Academic Integrity Module.

Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point.

Course structure

Compulsory 0-credit point module

To be completed in the first trimester of study:-

MAI010

Academic Integrity Module

Core units

MLJ701

Legal Method and Statutory Interpretation

MLM735

Data Law, Privacy and Cybercrime

SIT763

Cyber Security Management

Elective units

Plus 1 credit point elective unit from:

SIT719

Analytics for Security and Privacy

SIT716

Computer Networks and Security

Work experience

This course does not require students to complete compulsory work integrated learning units.

Other course information

Mandatory student checks
Any unit which contains work-integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. Refer to the relevant unit guide.

Course duration - additional information
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

Contact Student Central

Other learning experiences

This course does not include the option of other learning experiences.