Master of

Cyber Security
Build your cyber mindset
to secure your future
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Master of Cyber Security

Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security
Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security
Contents
Learn at UNSW. A world leader. 01

Defence connections 02

Leaders in Engineering 03
Master of Cyber Security 04

Program overview 06

Knowledge areas 07

The UNSW Online experience 09

Program details 10

Entry requirements 11

Academic leadership team 13

Get in touch 14

Course descriptions 15

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Learn at UNSW.
A world leader.
Top three for Top ranked for Engineering
graduate employability and Technology
Ranked #1 in Australia for Engineering
UNSW is ranked in the top three
and Technology.
universities in Australia for graduate
employability, and is 27th in the world. QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2021

QS World University Rankings by Graduate

Employability, 2020
Highest research funding
In 2020, UNSW received more funding than
any other Australian university from the
Australian Research Council (ARC).

Global top 50
university
UNSW is ranked 44th
overall in the world.

QS World University Rankings, 2021

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Defence
connections
UNSW Canberra is the only national academic institution with an integrated defence focus. This
program has been developed in collaboration with industry experts from UNSW Canberra at the
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA).

UNSW Canberra is home to UNSW Canberra Cyber, the largest concentration of research and
tertiary education in the field of cyber security in the Southern Hemisphere. UNSW Canberra Cyber
is a centre of excellence that works closely with the UNSW Defence Research Institute and is a
member of the NSW Defence Innovation Network.

For more than half a century, UNSW Canberra has combined research and education with one of the
world’s top military organisations to develop global leaders.

UNSW Canberra Cyber is a leading centre for cyber learning and research. Its cyber security courses
will teach you to think outside the box. You will obtain the tools and techniques required to detect,
analyse, and confront cyber challenges to help you succeed in this fast-growing industry.

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Leaders in
Engineering
UNSW Engineering is Australia’s leading engineering faculty, ranked one of the top 50 in the world. Our
innovative teaching and practical work integrated learning shapes the future leaders of engineering.

We believe engineering is about making and doing.

It is about seeing problems and solving them using a mix of lateral thinking, innate curiosity and an
enthusiasm for technology. Above all, engineering is about wanting to make a better and safer world. Our
students and graduates, trained by expert academics are among the best in the world.

We deliver programs across eight schools: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil
and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and
Telecommunications, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Minerals and Energy Resources
Engineering and Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering.

A powerhouse of innovation in Australia and the region, UNSW Engineering is home to more than 800
researchers and educators, including expertise across 36 research centres and three institutes.

We translate research into real-world solutions, working closely with businesses, government and
community organisations.

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Master of
Cyber Security
Cybercrime is on the rise, with Australians reporting cyber security incidents every 10 minutes, and costing
businesses $29 billion each year1. Consequently, there’s an increased demand for cyber security specialists to
develop systems that offer safety and security for businesses and everyday Australians who are reliant on digital
platforms. The industry is expected to almost triple in size by 20262 and requires an estimated 16,600 additional
professionals in both technical and non-technical cyber security positions3.

The Cyber Security program is designed for ambitious professionals who want to become technical experts or
leaders and leverage lucrative career opportunities within the field of cyber. The skills you develop in this program
will help you provide safe and secure online experiences, often to some of the most vulnerable online users.
Select from either the Management and Leadership specialisation or Security Engineering specialisation within
this program to further develop your expertise and diversify your career options.

This accelerated program is offered 100% online, meaning you can study anywhere at any time and graduate in
only two years without taking time out of the workforce.

Designed for industry needs Quality and reputation

Designed by leading cyber security academics Learn cyber security from one of the most
and industry experts and built to remain relevant highly regarded Australian universities and
in a continuously developing sector. join our hugely successful and diverse cyber
security alumni community.

Tailored security specialisations Accelerated learning with

Select from two cyber security specialisations immediate ROI
and a range of specific electives to build the With intakes every two months, study one course
masters program that suits your career path, at a time, 100% online and accelerated, instantly
existing skill set and aspirations. adding value to your career and organisation.

1
Agilient, 2019
2
AustCyber, Meeting Demand for Cyber Security Expertise, 2018
3
AustCyber, Sector Competitiveness Plan, 2019

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Masters
program
specialisations

Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security

Foundation courses

Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security

(Management and Leadership) (Security Engineering)
Foundation courses + Foundation courses +
Specialisation electives Specialisation electives

Master of Cyber Security Master of Cyber Security

(Management and Leadership) (Security Engineering)
Foundation courses + Foundation courses +
Specialisation electives + Specialisation electives +
General electives + General electives +
Capstone Capstone

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 Program
overview
The Master of Cyber Security program encompasses 12 online courses (from 18 options), with the choice of
selecting from a Management and Leadership or Security Engineering specialisation.

The masters program consists of four foundation courses, seven electives (including at least four specialisation
electives, one additional elective and up to two free electives), plus a project based capstone.

Graduate Certificate Foundation courses:

in Cyber Security
Study all foundation courses Foundations of Cyber Security
Data Security and Privacy
Cyber Security Ethics
Principles of Security Engineering

Graduate Diploma Specialisation electives:

in Cyber Security
Study all foundation courses + Management and Security Engineering
Three specialisation electives + Leadership
One free elective^ Cloud Security
Cyber Operations Penetration Testing
Cyber and the Law
Advanced Penetration Testing
Cyber Management
Reverse Engineering
and Governance
Cyber Threats and Crime Digital Forensics

Master of General electives:

Cyber Security
Study all foundation courses + Cyber Risk and Resilience
Seven electives Fundamentals of Coding: C and Assembler
(including at least four specialisation
electives, one additional elective and Operating Systems Fundamentals
up to two free electives^) +
Capstone

Capstone:

Management and Leadership Security Engineering

Capstone Capstone
Prerequisites
Foundations of Cyber Security Penetration Testing Operating System Fundamentals Fundamentals �of Coding: C and Assembler �
^Free electives: may be chosen from any course in any specialisation offered in the program (subject to prerequisites being met), or any other
approved electives from outside the program. Outside electives currently include selected courses from the existing Master of Data Science
and Master of Analytics. Further outside electives may be added as additional masters programs are developed.

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Knowledge areas
Identify, mitigate and defend against risks and attacks

The internet is revolutionising society, enabling new ways to work, live, connect, collaborate and drive
economic growth while also exposing a new world of risk. Develop a security engineering mindset to
synthesise current trends to anticipate the future of cybercrime and gain an understanding of the current
controls that defend against cyber-attacks.

Protect organisations and individuals, their data, and their rights through robust security by
understanding and developing tools, techniques and processes. You will learn how organisations
can handle data in secure ways; understand the emerging issues and principles of privacy and how
to identify, manage and respond to security risks across organisations and current best practice in a
rapidly changing global environment.

Global perspective

The Cyber Security program provides coursework from international and local perspectives. Gain a
contemporary understanding of global cyber security issues and trends from experts and leading
academics to prepare you to anticipate future trends and equip you with the knowledge and skills to deal
with them.

Ethics and the law

Learn beyond just the technical, to develop a professional, ethical and legal understanding and approach
to the field of cyber. Gain best practice skills to steer organisations through emerging ethical and legal
challenges of the cyber landscape. Recognise and respond to future ethical challenges, develop an
appreciation of professional issues and best practice and understand ways to effectively analyse and
communicate ethical issues related to cyber security.

Understand the current key areas of legislation and how these impact on cyber security professional
practice. Survey the current legal framework in relation to cyber security including hacking, privacy,
surveillance, government powers to intercept data, protection of national infrastructure, use of spectrum,
GPS, military and agencies etc. You will also learn to identify other stakeholders and effectively bring
about positive change by addressing the ramifications of current along with future legislation and
regulation.

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 Management and Leadership

In pursuing the Management and Leadership specialisation you will increase your knowledge and understanding
of how business and cyber security intersect. Explore core cyber security concepts and emerging security
engineering principles. Apply your knowledge to design appropriate solutions for real world cryptographic and
security problems.

Gain the necessary skills for leadership in the sustainment and growth of an organisation’s cyber resources,
operations and security. You will also learn to deploy appropriate response and resilience policies to maintain
business in the face of a cyber attack. In your management and leadership capstone, you will apply the theory
and skills learned throughout the program in practical ways, by collaborating in teams to conduct an exploratory
leadership project related to cyber.

Security Engineering

Explore the Security Engineering specialisation, where you will gain detailed security knowledge and
technical capabilities. You will develop both fundamental theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills in the
science and art of security design and assurance including pentration testing and learn to make effective
holistic recommendations for addressing weaknesses and improving security.

Understand paradigms for securing and assuring cloud-based infrastructure at scale and learn to effectively
communicate security recommendation, to key stakeholders. You will also develop your technical coding,
programmatic along with analytical skills and apply security knowledge to real world applications. In your
security engineering capstone unit you will undertake a self-directed learning opportunity and effectively
integrate skills learned across the program, to conduct an exploratory technical project related to cyber.

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The UNSW
Online experience
Supporting you every step of the way

To help you graduate from one of the world’s leading universities, we’re
here to support you, every step of the way. The design of our online
learning environment seamlessly fits into your busy lifestyle.

Our academics are some of the best in the world, so you can take
confidence in knowing that your online learning experience will have
the same high standard as the on-campus experience.

Throughout your study journey, you’ll be able reach out to your Student
Success Advisor (SSA), who is committed to assisting you at every
stage, from enrolment through to graduation. Your SSA is on hand to
help with all non-academic queries by phone or email.

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Program details
Indicative domestic program fees^

Master of Cyber Security Program code: 8649 12 courses $53,640

Graduate Diploma in
Program code: 5649 8 courses $35,760
Cyber Security
Graduate Certificate in
Program code: 7649 4 courses $17,880
Cyber Security

^All prices are listed in Australian dollars.

Go to our Fees page for up-to-date information. Fees are subject to annual review by the University and
may increase annually, with the new fees effective from the start of each calendar year. Indicative fees
are a guide for comparison only based on current conditions and available data. You should not rely on
indicative fees.

Program intakes (Hexamesters) Program duration

Six intakes annually Each course is eight-weeks. UNSW Online

advises a minimum of 20–25 hours of study per
January, March, May, July, September, October week. The masters program can be completed
in as little as two years.

Nested qualifications

The Master of Cyber Security program also includes a Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security and a
Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security. For those who do not qualify for direct entry into the masters
program, you may be eligible for entry into the Graduate Certificate. You can articulate from this into
the masters program (upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma).
Alternatively, if for whatever reason you choose not to continue to complete the masters program, you
can exit with a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma.

Graduate Certificate Graduate Diploma Masters

Management and Leadership or Management and Leadership or
Four foundation courses Security Engineering Security Engineering
specialisations specialisations

4 Courses +4 Courses +4 Courses

or continue studying or continue studying

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Entry requirements
UNSW’s Postgraduate Coursework Entry Score Calculator
To assist us in assessing your previous study and eligibility for this course, we recommend using the
UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Entry Score Calculator as a guide. This calculator converts and scales the
grading schemes across the world into a percentage that applies to UNSW entry requirements.

Master of Information Auditor, Data Privacy, Electronics Technician,

Cyber Security - 8649 Project Manager, Executive Officer, Technical Manager,

Analyst.
There are two specialisations to choose from in
this program — Management and Leadership or
Cyber Security (Security Engineering)
Security Engineering. Please refer to your chosen
specialisation to find out more about the entry 1. Have completed a Graduate Certificate in Cyber
requirements. Security with a WAM of 65 as determined by the UNSW
Postgraduate Coursework Entry Score Calculator or
Cyber Security (Management and Leadership) no fails.

1. Have completed a Graduate Certificate in Cyber OR

Security with a WAM of 65 UNSW Postgraduate 2. Have completed the Graduate Diploma in Cyber
Coursework Entry Score Calculator or no fails. Security, Security Engineering specialisation.
OR OR
2. Have completed the Graduate Diploma in Cyber 3. Have completed a recognised bachelors degree
Security, Management and Leadership specialisation. (or equivalent) in a cognate discipline (e.g. Business,
OR Science or Engineering) with a WAM of 65 or greater as
3. Have completed a recognised bachelors degree determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Entry
(or equivalent) in a cognate discipline (e.g. Business, Score Calculator.
Science or Engineering) with a WAM of 65 or greater OR
as determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework 4. Four years of relevant experience* with demonstrated
Entry Score Calculator. skills and ability in leadership.
OR *
Relevant experience for the Security Engineering
4. Four years of relevant experience with
*
specialisation includes, but is not limited to, the following
demonstrated skills and ability in leadership. roles: Business Systems Analyst, Front End Developer,
*
Relevant experience for the Management and Application Coder, Game Designer, Cyber Security
Leadership specialisation includes, but is not limited Analyst, Software Developer, Consultant in Risk or
to, the following roles: Business Systems Analyst, Business, Penetration Tester, Security Team Manager,
Front end developer, Application coder, Game Digital Forensics Specialist, Cyber Security Change and
designer, Cyber Security Analyst, Software Developer, Awareness Manager, Cyber Security Outreach Trainer,
Consultant in Risk or Business, Penetration Tester, Private Investigator, Specialist Police and Military roles,
Security Team Manager, Digital Forensics specialist, Financial Analyst, Forensic Accountant, Computer
Cyber Security Change and Awareness Manager, Systems or Information Auditor, Data Privacy, Electronics
Cyber Security Outreach Trainer, Private Investigator, Technician, Project Manager, Executive Officer, Technical
Specialist Police and Military roles, Financial Manager, Analyst, Systems Administrator, Network or
Analyst, Forensic Accountant, Computer Systems or Telecommunications Engineer.

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Graduate Diploma specialisation includes, but is not limited to, the following
roles: Business Systems Analyst, Front End Developer,
in Cyber Security - 5649 Application Coder, Game Designer, Cyber Security
Analyst, Software Developer, Consultant in Risk or
There are two specialisations to choose from in
Business, Penetration Tester, Security Team Manager,
this program — Management and Leadership or
Digital Forensics Specialist, Cyber security Change and
Security Engineering. Please refer to your chosen
Awareness Manager, Cyber Security Outreach Trainer,
specialisation to find out more about the entry
Private Investigator, Specialist Police and Military roles,
requirements.
Financial Analyst, Forensic Accountant, Computer
Cyber Security (Management and Leadership) Systems or Information Auditor, Data Privacy, Electronics
Technician, Project Manager, Executive Officer, Technical
1. Have completed the Graduate Certificate in
Manager, Analyst, Systems Administrator, Network or
Cyber Security.
Telecommunications Engineer.
OR
2. Have completed a recognised bachelors degree
(or equivalent) in a cognate discipline (e.g. Business, Graduate Certificate in
Science or Engineering) with a WAM of 65 or greater
as determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework
Cyber Security - 7649
Entry Score Calculator.
1. Have completed a recognised bachelors degree (or
OR equivalent) with a WAM of 65 as determined by the
3. Four years of relevant experience* with UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Entry Score Calculator.
demonstrated skills and ability in leadership. OR
*
Relevant experience for the Management and 2. Sufficient professional analytical background as
Leadership specialisation includes, but is not limited indicated by at least two years’ experience in an
to, the following roles: Business Systems Analyst, Front analytical role.
End Developer, Application Coder, Game Designer,
Cyber Security Analyst, Software Developer, Consultant
in Risk or Business, Penetration Tester, Security Team
Manager, Digital Forensics Specialist, Cyber security English Language
Change and Awareness Manager, Cyber Security
Outreach Trainer, Private Investigator, Specialist You may need to provide evidence of your English
Police and Military roles, Financial Analyst, Forensic language proficiency to study at UNSW, depending
Accountant, Computer Systems or Information Auditor, on your educational background and citizenship.
Data Privacy, Electronics Technician, Project Manager, UNSW requires a minimum level of English language
Executive Officer, Technical Manager, Analyst. competency for enrolment. English language skills are
essential for webinar comprehension and the completion
of coursework, assignments and examinations.
Cyber Security (Security Engineering)
1. Completed the Graduate Certificate in If English is not your first language, you will need to
Cyber Security. provide proof of your English proficiency prior to receiving
OR an offer to study at UNSW. You can do this by providing
evidence that you meet one or more of the following
2. Have completed a recognised bachelors degree
criteria:
(or equivalent) in a cognate discipline (e.g. Business,
Science or Engineering) with a WAM of 65 or greater as English language tests and university English courses
determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Prior study in the medium of English
Entry Score Calculator.
Other qualifications
OR
English waivers
3. Four years of relevant experience* with
demonstrated skills and ability in leadership.
*
Relevant experience for the Security Engineering

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Academic
leadership team
Professor Richard Buckland
Richard Buckland is a Professor in Computer Security, Cybercrime,
and Cyberterror at UNSW. Richard holds degrees in Science and in
Economics and has been awarded the University Medal in
Computer Science and the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching
Excellence (twice).

He is the Director of the UNSW/CommBank Security Engineering

Capability partnership (SecEDU), Visiting Professor in Educational
Design at the National University of Malaysia UKM and Grand Challenge
Visiting Professor in Cyber Security at Taylors University.

His research areas are in Security Engineering and risk, along with
Education and Teaching. He has been teaching successful cyber
security students for two decades. Richard is the UNSW Director of
First Year Experience and has been the Chair of the Academic Board
of the Australian Computer Society Education, a member of the UNSW
Academic Board, and the Chair of the Skills Syllabus Group
of the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW.

Dr. Benjamin Turnbull

Dr Benjamin Turnbull is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South
Wales at the Australian Defence Force, Canberra. His research focuses
on the intersection of cyber security, simulation, scenario-based learning
and the security of heterogeneous devices and future networks. He is
also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). As a
cyber security professional with over 17 years’ experience, Dr Turnbull’s
background as a research scientist for DST has seen him focus on
providing useable outcomes with a history of developing and deploying
new technologies to multiple clients, globally.

Dr Turnbull is passionate about cyber research with a goal of providing

comprehensive situation understanding and decision support for all
areas integrating cyber systems.

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Course
descriptions

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Foundations of
Cyber Security
Course overview

This foundational course will equip you with an

understanding of cyber security concepts, nomenclature,
and key current issues, practice and trends.

Learning activities

You will analyse case studies applying

cyber security principles to decision
making in real world historical and
contemporary scenarios.

Web-based practical work will introduce

simple security vulnerabilities and exploits.
No programming experience is assumed.

Data Security
and Privacy ^

Course overview

This course will empower you to handle data in secure ways, understand the nature and principles of
privacy, and how to securely identify, manage and respond to privacy risks across large datasets and
current best practice in a changing global environment.

^Pre-requisite: completion of Foundations of Cyber Security

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Cyber Ethics
Course overview

Cyber Ethics provides you with fundamental ethical frameworks applied to the field of cyber.
You'll discuss topics from an ethical perspective, enabling you to recognise and respond to
future ethical challenges as they arise.

Principles of Security
Engineering
Course overview

Today, we have the skills and abilities to engineer secure, reliable, physical infrastructure, but we do
not possess the same abilities to build secure digital systems.

This course will introduce you to the principles of the emerging field of Security Engineering, where
you will apply engineering principles and practices to the design, operation and assurance of secure
systems. A systematic, analytic and reflective approach to designing reliable secure systems from
unreliable, insecure components.

Learning activities

You'll analyse case studies, applying

cryptographic and security engineering
principles to design solutions and make
decisions in real world historical and
contemporary security scenarios.

There are practical exercises to demonstrate

the security vulnerabilities and exploits covered
in the course, some of which involve simple
coding and the use of GUI tools. Programming
experience is helpful as this will let you try
out the full range of practical demonstrations,
however, it is not mandatory.

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Cyber Operations ^

Course overview

This course provides students with a theoretical framework and technical skills for securing modern
networks against cyber-attack(s). The course provides you with an overview of modern attacks and
modern defensive measures and tools, including strengths and limitations. The course has a practical
focus and equips you with the applied technical skills needed to design and secure modern networks.

Students are assumed to have knowledge of basic TCP/IP networking.

Penetration Testing ^

Course overview
This course provides a theoretical background to the science and art of penetration testing along with an
introduction to hands-on skills used in the process of carrying out a tool-based penetration test. The course
also provides an understanding of the legal requirements, professional ethical and self-care issues, technical
processes, limitations, reporting requirements and communication skills for non-technical audiences.

Cloud Security^
Course overview
This course provides an overview of the rapidly growing field of cloud security. The course addresses the
ways in which cloud paradigms change the strengths and vulnerabilities of infrastructure compared with
traditional computing environments. The course covers paradigms for securing and assuring cloud-based
infrastructure at scale.

^Pre-requisite: completion of Foundations of Cyber Security

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Cyber and the Law ^

Course overview

This course provides a survey of the current legal framework related to cyber security including
hacking, privacy, surveillance, government powers to intercept data, GIPA, FOI, protection of national
infrastructure, copyright, crime, anti-terror legislation, fraud, money laundering, powers of police,
whistle-blowers, use of spectrum, GPS, military, agencies, overseas legal regimes such as GDPR and
corporate compliance requirements.

The course also looks at the main industry players and how they interact with the legislation and
each other. These include ombudsmen, judicial review, privacy commissioners, ministers at state and
federal level, agencies, quasi-governmental bodies such as ASCS, AustCyber and CERTS and the role
of the police, AFP, DSD, Cyber command, 5 eyes, APT and nation states. Finally, we look at worldwide
trends and likely future directions.

Cyber Threats
and Crime^

Course overview

The internet is revolutionising our society by driving economic growth and offering new ways to connect
and co-operate with one another. As with most change, increasing our reliance on cyberspace brings new
opportunities but also new threats. While the internet fosters open markets and open societies, this can also
make users more vulnerable to criminals, activists and foreign intelligence services that want to harm us by
compromising or damaging our critical data and systems.

Activities that fall under this category are often referred to as high tech crime, computer crimes,
or cybercrimes.

Technology-enabled crime encompasses:

Crimes committed directly against computers and computer systems.

The use of technology to commit or facilitate traditional crimes.

This course outlines the current and emerging trends in cybercrime from a holistic perspective and how they
are being countered. It also discusses emerging technologies and how they might be secured and misused.

^Pre-requisite: completion of Foundations of Cyber Security

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Cyber Management
and Governance^

Course overview

This course provides the skills necessary for leadership in sustainment and growth of an organisation's
cyber resources, operations and security. You will receive an introduction to analysing and developing the
SWOT profile for an organisation or project, prioritising security from a ROI perspective, resilience and
maintaining business continuity whilst maintaining legal obligations.

Cyber Risk and

Resilience^

Course overview

This course helps you develop the skills to manage contemporary risks by gaining a systematic
understanding of the principles and policies for developing the resilience of communities, businesses
and critical systems.

^Pre-requisite: completion of Foundations of Cyber Security

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Fundamentals of Coding:
C and Assembler
Course overview

This course will teach you how to program to C and low-level assembly language. It forms an
introduction to programming in C and a low-level understanding of the underlying operation of modern
computers.

C is introduced slowly and at each step we see how C programs are compiled into corresponding
machine code and the details of how the computer actually then executes the program.

This course is suitable even if you have never programmed before or have programmed but are not
familiar with C, or assembly. or would like a refresher through the lens of cyber security.

Operating System
Fundamentals ^

Course overview
This course will take you through the fundamentals of modern operating systems including how they
are attacked, their security mechanisms and countermeasures.

^Pre-requisites: completion of Foundations of Cyber Security and Fundamentals of Coding: C and Assembler

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Advanced
Penetration Testing^
Course overview

This course follows on from the introductory Penetration Testing course, which is a prerequisite.

Advanced Penetration Testing will teach you offensive security. Course content and coverage is continually
updated to ensure it is industry relevant and includes topics drawn from:

Advanced web application attacks

Hand-crafted multistage and non-tool-based attacks

Layer 2 attacks

Social engineering

Stealth

Exploit generation and delivery

Physical attacks

Insider attacks

Negotiating appropriate rules of engagement and managing legal risk

Reporting and ethical professional frameworks for advanced penetration testing

Red teaming

Assumed knowledge: Students are expected to be familiar with TCP/IP networking across OSI layers 2–7 and
programming / scripting in python or equivalent.

Reverse Engineering ^^

Course overview
This course covers the principles and art of reverse engineering high-level source code descriptions
of behaviour from compiled and sometimes obfuscated machine code binaries. This is then applied to
vulnerability detection and malware analysis.

Prerequisite: Students are required to have passed the C and Assembler course first.

^Pre-requisites: completion of Foundations of Cyber Security and Penetration Testing

^^Pre-requisites: completion of Foundations of Cyber Security, Operating System Fundamentals and Fundamentals of Coding: C and Assembler

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Digital Forensics ^

Course overview

You will develop the skills to forensically analyse digital devices and understand the ethical, legal and
self-care issues associated with cybercrime investigations.

Management and
Leadership Capstone
Project^^
Course overview

This capstone project provides a self-directed learning opportunity, to allow you to apply the skills learned in
this program to an exploratory management or leadership project in cyber security. You will have individual
responsibility for the timely completion of a significant engineering or research project under the guidance
of a member of academic staff. You will be expected to demonstrate a professional level of preparation,
planning, execution, testing and documentation. You will be expected to meet a number of strictly enforced
milestones and to take considerable initiative in overcoming obstacles.

For more information about assessing The Capstone Project, please check here

Security Engineering
Capstone Project^^
Course overview

This capstone project requires pre-approval. Example projects include integrating your learning into a
business or organisation, directed novel research (either individually or in a group), or a researched paper
that benefits the community at large. This course aims to both integrate the skills and knowledge from the
different courses within the degree, and also to provide opportunities to focus on areas that interest you.

^Pre-requisites: completion of Foundations of Cyber Security and Operating System Fundamentals

^^Pre-requisites: completion of Foundations of Cyber Security and eight units of credit (eight courses)

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