CourseIT305

Week8 of 16

SemesterII

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This week’s topics

Midterm evaluation

Midterm assessment of the criteria taught so far
Individual feedback and targets

What you will be able to do

1.1 Describe the concepts of cyber security.
1.2 Explain the importance of cyber security for businesses.
1.3 Describe the consequences and implications of inadequate cyber security for businesses .
2.1 Define core terminology used in cyber security.
2.2 Compare typical behaviours of good actors and bad actors.
2.3 Discuss key sectors that are most vulnerable to a cyber-attack.

Activity

Midterm assessment task and individual feedback.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: Fundamentals of Cyber Security
Week 2: Business Importance of Cyber Security
Week 3: Consequences of Inadequate Security
Week 4: Threat Actors and Motivations
Week 5: Vulnerable Industry Sectors
Week 6: Deconstructing Threats, Exploits, Vulnerabilities, and Risks
Week 7: Cyber Threat Intelligence Concepts
Midterm: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Network Security Architecture
Week 10: Technical Countermeasures and Security by Design
Week 11: Continuous Network Improvement and Incident Response
Week 12: Applying Cyber Security in practice: case studies
Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Final: Final assessment and submission

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