Created as part of the Master of information Technology and Master of Applied Information Technology Units - 2009

This unit has been updated as part of a 2009 review and comparison of data with current Handbook, Syllabus + and Callista data.

07/12/2017 - Unit disestablished at FEC 5/17 Item 7.3.

This unit is optional in the Security Specialisation in the MIT and MAIT and an elective in all FIT masters. It has been developed to include clear links to the other three units within the IT Governance and security major and therefore does not overlap any other Security unit offered by the Faculty. This unit provides students with a holistic approach to security from a Security Governance and strategy perspective. This updated unit is intended to complement the IT Governance and Security major. It has been developed to include clear links to the other three units within this major.

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

• understand the importance of information systems security concepts and philosophies to contemporary organisations;
• identify developments in security control technologies and techniques to manage threats and vulnerabilities to an organisations information assets;
• have developed attitudes which allow them to adopt a critical approach to the analysis and design of information systems security systems;
• have developed attitudes which allow them to understand the ethical implementations of security issues;
• apply risk management techniques to the planning and management of information systems security systems.

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This unit will place information system security at the forefront of IT Security Governance. Students will develop an holistic approach to security within the larger context of the organisation. This approach will be developed by using a Security Governance framework which will adopt Risk management as the strategy of choice. Students will identify the major security impacts on the organisation. Security policies will include links to Sarbanes Oxley Act and Australian security standards such as ISO17799. Security audits provide an iterative process to the framework. Future security issues and trends will contribute to the student's overall understanding of security governance.

On-campus

Examination (2 hours): 40%; In-semester assessment: 60%

6

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

FIT

For MAIT students, FIT9017, FIT9018, FIT9019, FIT9030, FIT9020 and FIT4037

Sue Foster