CP3404 - Information Security
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
This subject is designed to meet the needs of students who want to master basic information security. It introduces the network security fundamentals by examining the current challenges in computer security and why security is difficult to achieve. It explores the importance of information security, and looks at the fundamental attacks (i.e., Malware and Social Engineering Attacks, Application and Networking-based Attacks) including how to defend against them. That is, study of Application and Data security, Basic and Advanced Cryptography, Administrating a Secure Network, Wireless Network security, Mobile Devices Security, Access Control Fundamentals, Authentication and Account Management, Vulnerability Assessment, and Risk Mitigation.
Learning Outcomes
- define information security, and describe the challenges of securing information;
- describe payloads of malware and types of social engineering psychological attacks;
- analyse different types of networking-based attacks and how network technologies can enhance security;
- Describe symmetric/asymmetric cryptography, and different transport encryption protocols;
- analyse different types of wireless network attacks; risk associated with mobile devices; and the ways to secure a mobile device;
- describe different types of authentication services/credentials, and how awareness and training can provide increased security.
| Prerequisites: | 6 CP OF CP SUBJECTS AND 12 CP OF SUBJECTS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | CP3302 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2016 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Hossein Ghodosi. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); practical assessment items (15%); case study (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2016 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Hossein Ghodosi. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); practical assessment items (15%); case study (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 11-Aug-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Hossein Ghodosi |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); practical assessment items (15%); case study (30%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 08-Dec-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Hossein Ghodosi |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (55%); practical assessment items (15%); case study (30%). |
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