Fundamentals of Cyber Security (CYBR7001)
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology
School
Elec Engineering, Comp Science
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
Lecture 2 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 1 Hour/ Week
Assessment methods
100% Assignments (at least one group work piece)
Course enquiries
Dr Priyanka Singh (priyanka.singh@uq.edu.au)
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
This is an introductory, inter-disciplinary course providing an overview to the key non-technical and technical concepts behind the preventative, offensive and defensive aspects of cyber security. Through coordinated lectures, expert guest lectures and tutorials covering case studies and real-world examples. The course will cover and analyse a wide range of cyber security and data-centric challenges for nations, organisations and individuals - through the lenses of computer science, political science, criminology, law, business, IT governance, mathematics and policy studies.