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CIS5206 Data Mining for Business Analytics and Cyber Security
Short Description:
Data Mining:Bus Anlytc Cyb Sec
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 :
020305 - Systems Analysis and Design
Grading basis :
Graded
Synopsis
This course provides an overview of the different types of cyber-attacks, the business systems that are most at risk, and the strengths and challenges of data mining approach to cybersecurity. The course will cover data mining algorithms including prediction, classification, clustering mechanisms, and association rules, which have all been used to discover and generalize attack patterns so as to develop powerful business solutions for dealing with the threats. Students will also learn various applications of data mining that can be utilised in the real-time detection of threats. The course also provides an opportunity for hands-on experimentation with applying data mining to real-life security problems in the practical workshop with real-world data.
