Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Udaya Tupakula
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
COMP343 or ITEC647
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit covers the fundamental technologies and processes that underpin good systems security management within modern organisations. We consider the underlying mechanics of information and communications technology security infrastructures, risk management, attack modelling, software security, firewalls, intrusion detection and forensics.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Hurdle assessments:
If you apply for Disruption to Study for your final examination, you must make yourself available for the week of July 24 – 28, 2017. If you are not available at that time, there is no guarantee an additional examination time will be offered. Specific examination dates and times will be determined at a later date.
Second-chance hurdle examinations will also be offered in the week of July 24 - 28. Results will be released on July 13. You will be notified shortly after that date of your eligibility for a hurdle retry and you must also make yourself available during that week to take advantage of this opportunity.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Quiz | 10% | No | Week 5, 27/03/2017 |
Project | 30% | No | Week 11, 22/05/2017 |
Exam | 60% | Yes | TBC |
Due: Week 5, 27/03/2017
Weighting: 10%
Due: 27/03/2017 (Week 5) Weighting: 10% Quiz (closed book) will be based on your previously covered lecture material for weeks 1-4. The quiz questions will be handed over to you at the beginning of your Lecture class. It will be about 1 hour and consists of short answer questions. Quiz will be followed by discussion on the solutions. Quiz will serve as a feedback mechanism to monitor your progress in the unit.
Due: Week 11, 22/05/2017
Weighting: 30%
Due: 22/05/2017 Weighting: 30% Group project with 2-3 students per group. Projects will be related to security issues with emerging technologies such as smart grid and cloud. The project reports are due on 22nd May 2017; 11:59 AM (electronically). In addition, each group is allocated a time slot for presenting their work during Week 11 (22nd May 2017) OR Week 12 (29th May 2017). Each student in the group is expected to present their work which will be followed by QA session. The QA session will be conducted by the panel (which includes convener and/or other staff members and/or PhD students within the computing department). The presentation and QA session will help the panel to evaluate the individual contribution of each student. The Project will account to 30% (Report-10%, Presentation-10% and QA-10%) of the marks.
Due: TBC
Weighting: 60%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Due: TBC Weighting: 60% Need to obtain atleast 45% in the Exam component to pass the unit. The exam will be a written exam with questions from topics covered in the lectures. It will be held in the usual examination period of the semester. Students have 3 hours written time plus 10 minutes reading time for the exam.
Technology:
Lecture and Tutorial:
All unit information will be posted on iLearn (https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/). We assume that students will regularly check iLearn for information regarding lecture notes and other related resources. It should be noted that no single text book completely covers the content of this unit. Below books are recommended (not compulsory) for the course.
References:
S.No Date Topic
Week 1 27/02 Introduction
Week 2 06/03 Risk management framework for systems security
Week 3 13/03 Software security attacks
Week 4 20/03 Network security attacks
Week 5 27/03 Quiz, Solutions, Penetration Testing
Week 6 03/04 Lab 1-Attack Tools
Week 7 10/04 Security techniques & tools; Group project assigned
Break
Week 8 01/05 Advanced security techniques for software systems
Week 9 08/05 Advanced security techniques for networks
Week 10 15/05 Software assurance / Lab 2- Security Tools
Week 11 22/05 Group project assessment
Week 12 29/05 Group project assessment
Week 13 05/06 Revision
*Lecture contents can vary depending on the progress
*Lecture slides available on iLearn: Monday 2:00pm
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.
Macquarie University provides a range of support services for students. For details, visit http://students.mq.edu.au/support/
Learning Skills (mq.edu.au/learningskills) provides academic writing resources and study strategies to improve your marks and take control of your study.
Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
For all student enquiries, visit Student Connect at ask.mq.edu.au
For help with University computer systems and technology, visit http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/information_technology/help/.
When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use of IT Resources Policy. The policy applies to all who connect to the MQ network including students.
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At the end of the semester, you will receive a grade that reflects your achievement in the unit
In this unit, your final grade depends on your performance in each part of the assessment. For each task, you receive a mark that combines your standard of performance regarding each learning outcome assessed by this task. Then the different component marks are added up to determine your total mark out of 100. Your grade then depends on this total mark and your overall standards of performance.
Concretely, in order to pass the unit, you must
Students obtaining a higher grade than a pass in this unit will (in addition to the above)