Required texts

There is no required textbook for Information Security.

The following books are set as recommended readings:

ISACA 2019, COBIT 2019, ISACA

ISO27000 series – Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management systems

Whitman, ME & Mattord, HJ 2019, Management of information security, 6th edn, Cengage Learning

Whitman, ME & Mattord, HJ 2011, Roadmap to Information Security: For IT and InfoSec Managers, Cengage Learning

A range of academic articles relating to Information Security will also be used to support the teaching of this unit.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Students should keep a copy of all assessment items that are submitted at least until unit grades have been published at the end of semester.

Special assessment requirements

In order to pass this unit, students have to obtain a mark of 50% or greater for the assessment as a whole, and 50% or greater for the take home assignment. Higher grades will be awarded on the basis of the total mark being ≥ 65% for a credit, ≥ 75% for a distinction and ≥ 85% for a high distinction. Some scaling of marks and academic judgement may be applied to determine students' final grades - in this process no student will be disadvantaged.

In the case of any assignment that places you in jeopardy of a Fail in the whole unit, appropriate moderation procedures will be used.

If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any particular assignments or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the unit convener about the matter.

All work quoted from any source should be appropriately referenced using the "Harvard" referencing style as described in the link below (note that there are multiple version of the Harvard referencing style, and you should use the one described here).

Students who are not familiar with referencing academic work should undertake the Academic Integrity Module.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and 91Porn (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

Student Commitment:
Attendance at classes:
  Tutorials - 1 hour per week, 11 weeks                                           11 hrs
  Lecture attendance - 2 hours per week, 12 weeks                      24 hrs
Preparation for tutorial work and other general reading:
  3 hours per week, 11 weeks                                                                33 hrs
Assignments
  Security project report                                                                       30 hrs
  Security evaluation                                                                             40 hrs
  Take home assignment – preparation/revision and sitting time            12 hrs

Total                                                                                                      150 hrs

Participation requirements

Attendance at classes is not compulsory but it is advisable for students to attend as many classes as possible. Students should also be aware that the subject will be examined on material covered in classes, including lectures and tutorials and it is the individual student's responsibility to ensure that they are sufficiently familiar with this material. Attendance at classes is one of the best ways of ensuring this familiarity. Do not make the mistake of assuming that the materials provided online perfectly substitute for class attendance.

Announcements are made throughout the unit, typically to clarify requirements for assignments. Any such announcements will be made using your student email account and/or placed on the unit web site. Such announcements are deemed, within two working days, to be made to the whole group. Announcements made at an organised session are deemed to be made to the whole group.

Required IT skills

Information Security is an advanced level unit and it is generally expected that students will have a fair degree of sophistication in their knowledge of IT related matters. Students should also possess the ability to use a word processor for the production of assignments and various on-line searching tools from the Internet and the library to undertake various assignments in the unit.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

• Semester 1, 2021, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (200366)
• Semester 1, 2020, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (193954)
• Semester 1, 2019, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (191671)
• Semester 1, 2019, On-campus, UC - Global Business College of Australia, Melbourne (191672)