This unit introduces the students to core principles of cyber security. The unit focuses on understanding and applying the strategies, technologies and procedures of modern cyber attack and defence. Students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute effectively to the protection of digital assets in an ever-evolving threat landscape.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Analyse modern cyber attack and defence strategies, technologies and procedures in the context of geopolitical and technological trends;
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of existing defence strategies against different cyber adversaries (nation-state actors, criminals, insiders) by critically analysing their Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs); and
3. Execute basic exploitation and detection scenarios.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.