Review and coursework completion

This week’s topics

Review and coursework completion

1. Reviewing the learning outcomes
2. Completing and checking coursework against the criteria
3. Self-assessment

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Define information and give examples of information.
• 1.2 Explain what is meant by information privacy.
• 1.3 Analyse the value of information from contrasting perspectives.
• 1.4 Analyse the importance of information privacy and the potential consequences when information is not kept private.
• 2.1 Describe the common types of information security threats for modern computing systems.
• 2.2 Explain the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA Triad) framework and its meaning in the context of information security.
• 2.3 Evaluate several key cyber security models and their focuses.
• 2.4 Analyse the role of risk management in identifying security threats and vulnerabilities.
• 3.1 Describe the classes of common vulnerabilities in software and hardware systems.
• 3.2 Explain the principles of secure design of cyber systems.
• 3.3 Analyse a range of strategies for implementing secure design to prevent and mitigate cyberattacks.
• 4.1 Describe key historic events leading up to the development of modern cryptographic techniques.
• 4.2 Outline basic illustrative cipher techniques.
• 4.3 Compare encryption to hashing.
• 4.4 Explain the value of cryptography for a range of cyber security applications.
• 4.5 Explain the basic mathematical principles underlying encryption.
• 4.6 Analyse a variety of encryption techniques.
• 4.7 Use software to implement public and private key encryption of information and network connections.
• 5.1 Explain the needs for legal and regulatory frameworks to govern Cyber Security and data protection.
• 5.2 Analyse the effectiveness of legal frameworks in ensuring information security.
• 5.3 Evaluate the trade-off between privacy and security in computer systems.

Activity

Guided review of every criterion; coursework completion clinic and peer review.

Study materials

Further resources

• Foundations of Information Systems, ch. 5 key terms and summary · PDF · OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems (2025), chapter 5 key terms and summary, to recap the unit, pp. 200–203 · for registered students
• A critical review of research on student self-assessment · Open-access article · Andrade (2019), Frontiers in Education. What research says about self-assessment and how to do it well. · for registered students