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Level 6 Diploma in Information Technology

Review and coursework completion

IT605 · Computers, Society and Law — Week 15 of 16

CourseIT605
Week15 of 16
SemesterII
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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 Analyse the types of conflicts of interest for IT professionals.
  • 1.2 Critically evaluate various ethical issues for IT professionals.
  • 1.3 Identify ethical issue(s) within an IT organisation and recommend solutions.
  • 2.1 Critically evaluate the implications of legislation for IT activities.
  • 2.2 Critically evaluate the impact of related legislation on the IT sector.
  • 3.1 Define the main categories of cybercrime.
  • 3.2 Critically evaluate the major categories of cybercrime.
  • 4.1 Evaluate various risk assessment procedures.
  • 4.2 Summarise the BS ISO 31000:2009 risk management principles and guidelines.
  • 4.3 Describe how IT security can be aligned with organisational policy.
  • 4.4 Design and implement an IT security policy for an organisation.

Activity

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

Study materials

The teaching notes, exercises and videos of this week are in the student portal. Your portal is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance, so you can open them before the semester starts.
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Professional Ethics and Conflicts of Interest
  • Week 2: Ethical Challenges in IT Organisations
  • Week 3: Data Protection and Privacy Legislation
  • Week 4: Intellectual Property and Commercial IT Law
  • Week 5: Taxonomy and Categories of Cybercrime
  • Week 6: Evaluation and Impact of Global Cybercrime
  • Week 7: IT Risk Assessment Methodologies
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Risk Governance with BS ISO 31000:2009
  • Week 10: Aligning Information Security with Business Strategy
  • Week 11: IT Security Policy Design and Implementation
  • Week 12: Applying Computers, Society and Law in practice: case studi…
  • 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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