Overview
This course examines the legal regulation of cybercrime, information security and digital enforcement, with a focus on intellectual property and communications media.
Using a comparative and practical approach, the course surveys the explosion in crimes that use the resources of the internet, smart phones, artificial intelligence, drones and computers to … For more content click the Read More button below.
This is a fast developing area of law, and this will be reflected in the material studied in the course. Main cybercrime topics that are expected to be covered in the course include:
the evolving nature of cybercrime, information security challenges and digital enforcement;national and international legal and policy frameworks;cyberbullying, cyberstalking and online harassment;electronic data and identity theft including biometric data;digital piracy, trademark counterfeiting, economic espionage and trade secret violations, and digital enforcement;attacks on infrastructure, including hacking, denial of services, ransomware and other forms of digital extortion;pornography and obscenity including child pornography, sexting and non-consensual pornography (‘revenge porn’);disinformation, misinformation (for example, fake news and deep fakes) and other forms of cyber-fraud;information security, including privacy and surveillance challenges;the use of cyberspace for terrorism, political destabilization and organized crime;cybercrime, information security and digital enforcement post-COVID.cyber-terrorism and information warfare, including the growing use of cyberspace to promote political destabilization.
A technical background is not required.
Conditions for Enrolment
72 UOC of JURD courses
Course Attributes
Offered irregularly or alternate years
Delivery
In-person - Intensive
In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)
Fully online - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)
Pre-2019 Handbook Editions
Access past handbook editions (2018 and prior)