Overview

The minor provides students with an understanding in server environments, information and computer security management, and ethical hacking and software security. This includes designing secure polices and organisation security plans, risk assessment and management, malware and vulnerabilities, penetration testing / ethical hacking, web security and secure programming.

Contacts

Academic Chair

Available in courses

B1390 - Bachelor of Information Technology

Learning outcomes

1.

Design an organization's information security policy and information security management program.

2.

Describe risk management and assess risk based on the possible effects on information assets.

3.

Assess vulnerabilities of systems and report the findings based on using suitable tools for ethical hacking.

4.

Analyse software vulnerabilities, identify appropriate mitigation techniques and implement the mitigations.

Professional outcomes

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