| Semester 3, 2020 Online | |
| Short Description: | Cyber Incident Mgt & Response |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Management and Enterprise |
| Student contribution band : | Band 2 |
| ASCED code : | 020399 - Information Systems not elsewh |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
Examiner:
Requisites
Pre-requisite: CSC8100
Rationale
Cyber security incidents are often considered an unavoidable consequence of conducting modern business. Being able to appropriately, quickly and effectively respond are essential professional and organisational skills to limiting ongoing business impact. Various types of incident responses are explored, which allows responses to be planned and practiced.
Skills developed are teamwork oriented to bring together key elements across the organisation and beyond organisational boundaries including specialists, insurance, police, and government agencies which are vital to a successful response.
Synopsis
This course provides students with the knowledge, skills and processes to enact an appropriate response and recovery when a cyber security incident is detected. Principles of planning, detection, response and recovery to current and emerging cyber security threats are explored. Processes for planning, responding, recovering and reporting incidents are covered. Multiple perspectives are considered including technical, business and media impact.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- apply specialised knowledge, including fundamental knowledge relating to the cyber incident response and recovery process;
- analyse critically, reflect on and synthesise complex issues information, problems, concepts and theories relating to cyber security incidents and how to mitigate business impact;
- implement specialist knowledge and skills in cyber incident response to comprehend the likely impacts on businesses;
- critically examine sources of cyber security incident use cases, and how these can be applied towards improving organisational response and recovery;
- interpret, articulate and communicate complex issues relating to cyber incident response and recovery to achieve targeted outcomes.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The cyber incident management process | 20.00 |
| 2. | Tool preparation to manage and respond | 10.00 |
| 3. | Data breach incident response | 20.00 |
| 4. | Ransomware response | 20.00 |
| 5. | Advanced and emergent threats | 10.00 |
| 6. | Cyber incident recovery and reproting | 20.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=03&subject1=CIS8707)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
Reference materials
Student workload expectations
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Directed 精东传媒app | 65.00 |
| Private 精东传媒app | 100.00 |
Assessment details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online Quiz - Weeks 3, 5 and 7 | 10 | 10 | 08 Jan 2021 | (see note 1) |
| Written Assignment 1 | 100 | 20 | 08 Jan 2021 | (see note 2) |
| Written Assignment 2 | 100 | 40 | 29 Jan 2021 | (see note 3) |
| Take Home Exam | 100 | 30 | End S3 | (see note 4) |
Notes
- The quizzes will be completed each assessment week Friday.
- Incident Management Plan
- Incident Report
- This will be a take home exam. Students will be provided further instruction regarding the exam by their examiner via 精东传媒appDesk.
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them, to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S3 2020 are:
To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item.
Requirements after S1 2021:
To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item. -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4) -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S3 2020 are:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
Requirements after S1 2021:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must obtain at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course (i.e. the Primary Hurdle). -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative items for the course. -
Examination information:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S3 2020 are:
An Open Examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed or written material and a calculator during the examination.
Requirements after S1 2021:
An open examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed or written material and a calculator during the examination. -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S3 2020 are:
The details regarding deferred/supplementary examinations will be communicated at a later date.
Requirements after S1 2021:
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精东传媒app Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene 精东传媒app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
Assessment notes
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Referencing in assignments must comply with the Harvard (AGPS) referencing system. This system should be used by students to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The Harvard (APGS) style to be used is defined by the USQ library鈥檚 referencing guide. This guide can be found at .
Evaluation and benchmarking
In meeting the 精东传媒app鈥檚 aims to establish quality learning and teaching for all programs, this course monitors and ensures quality assurance and improvements in at least two ways. This course:
Conforms to the USQ Policy on Evaluation of Teaching, Courses and Programs to ensure ongoing monitoring and systematic improvement and is benchmarked against the internal USQ accreditation/reaccreditation processes which include (i) stringent standards in the independent accreditation of its academic programs, (ii) close integration between business and academic planning, and (iii) regular and rigorous review.