Handbook

The Internet drives economic growth and enables new ways to connect and co-operate. As with most change, increasing our reliance on cyberspace brings new opportunities but also new threats. While the internet fosters open markets and open societies, this can also make users more vulnerable to criminals, activists, and foreign intelligence services who want to harm us by compromising or damaging our critical data and systems. Cybercriminal attacks against Australian organisations are not a matter of “if” but of “when”. In this new era of unavoidable attacks and breaches, cybersecurity professionals have to duty to ensure their organisations are resilient, and to be adequately prepared when an incident unfolds.

This course outlines, from a holistic perspective, the current and emerging trends in cybercrime and how they are being countered from an Australian perspective. It also introduces students to contemporary trends in cyber security strategy and demonstrates how they can be used to increase an organisation’s resilience and preparedness.