MIS211 - Cyber Security and Governance
Unit details
Year: | 2023 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Graeme Pye |
Previously: | Is Security, Infrastructure and the Cloud |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 11 x 1.5 hour class + 11 x 1.5 hour seminar |
Scheduled learning activities - online: | 11 x 1.5 hour class (recordings provided) + 11 x 1.5 hour online seminar |
Content
Information Systems (IS) governance (which oversees, organises and ensures the security of an IS infrastructure) increasingly adopts a service-oriented approach, with flexible, well-defined, on demand, high quality IS services to an organisation’s stakeholders. An IS service is a set of related functions provided by IS to support business areas and business processes, including information security. This unit reviews the role of IS service management and IS services in organisations. It explores key supporting frameworks and models including internal, outsourced and hybrid models for IS service management, and information security methodologies and standards. It also explores important new trends in IS infrastructure and service management including cloud services and mobile services. The unit adopts a strategic outlook and considers which IS service model best supports the strategic context of an organisation. It discusses the security, social, organisational and technological issues which affect IS service management performance. The unit provides students with the opportunity to review IS services in a real-life organisation in order to understand the application of IS service management theory to practice.
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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ULO1 | Evaluate and select key IS service management models, frameworks, processes, technologies, and security techniques applicable to strategic businesses. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Assess and evaluate the information security of a business or organisation. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO3 | Evaluate, develop and present recommendations to business owners to enhance the security status and practices of the business. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1: (Individual) Essay | 2000 words | 20% | Information not yet available |
Assessment 2: (Group of 3) | 4000 words | 40% | Information not yet available |
End-of-unit assessment task: Written response test | 2 hours | 40% | End-of-unit assessment period. |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MIS211 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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