Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Jeffrey Foster
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MPICT or MCPICT or GradDipPICT or GradDipCPICT or GradCertCPICT or MPICTMIntSecSt or MCPICTMIntSecSt or MIntSecStud or GradDipIntSecStud or GradCertIntSecStud or MCyberSec or MSecStrategicStudMCyberSec or MIntellMCyberSec or MCyberSecMCTerrorism or MCyberSecMCrim or Master of Cyber Security Analysis or admission to BSecStudMCyberSecAnalysis or MInfoTechCyberSec or MInfoTechNetWork
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Cyberspace has become a major site for different forms of warfare and coercion, ranging from cyber disruption, through information compromise, all the way to covert information operations on a national level. In this unit students learn how robust cyber intelligence can be used to enhance the often-reactive posture of cyber security. This includes understanding the role of cyber intelligence and counterintelligence within the broad, integrated configuration of cyber-security. Students will learn fundamental intelligence collection and analysis principles and apply them to a cyber-security context. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
SUBMITTING ASSESSMENT TASKS
Late Assessment Submission Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.
This late penalty will apply to written reports and recordings only. Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs will be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application.
WORD LIMITS FOR ASSESSMENT TASKS
REASSESSMENT OF ASSIGNMENTS DURING THE SESSION
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Quiz | 30% | No | 11:59PM - 26 Aug, 16 Sep, 4 Nov |
Intelligence report | 25% | No | 11:59PM - 3 Oct |
Preliminary Analysis and Collection Plan | 20% | No | 11:59PM - 22 Aug |
Intelligence Briefing | 25% | No | 11:59PM - 28 Oct |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 11:59PM - 26 Aug, 16 Sep, 4 Nov
Weighting: 30%
3 X Quiz covering the prescribed literature in the course.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: 11:59PM - 3 Oct
Weighting: 25%
An open-source intelligence collection on a relevant target culminating in a structured written report.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: 11:59PM - 22 Aug
Weighting: 20%
A Preliminary analysis of the target based on a scan of readily available material culminating in a detailed collection plan with RFIs.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 16 hours
Due: 11:59PM - 28 Oct
Weighting: 25%
A 10-minute presentation or a two-page intelligence product providing an intelligence evaluation of a relevant target.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
UNIT REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS
REQUIRED READINGS
TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED
STAFF AVAILABILITY
Module |
Week Starting |
Topic |
Reading |
1 |
25 Jul 2022 |
Welcome/Kick-off |
May (Intro & Ch. 1 to 5) |
2 |
1 Aug 2022 |
Intelligence Collection Planning |
May (Ch. 6 to 9) - Clark (Ch. 1-2) |
3 |
8 Aug 2022 |
Readily available sources |
Coney (Ch. 1.1-1.5) - Bertram (Preface, Intro, Ch. 1) |
4 |
15 Aug 2022 |
A Threatening World |
Cooney (Ch. 2.1-2.3) - Bertram (Ch. 2-3) |
5 |
22 Aug 2022 |
Tasking for in-depth OSINT investigations |
Betram (Ch. 4, Conclusion, Appendix A) - Clark (pp. 176-189) |
6 |
29 Aug 2022 |
Forensics 1 |
Stanfield (2009) - What are computer forensics |
7 |
5 Sep 2022 |
Forensics 2 |
Casey (Ch. 1) - Holt (Ch. 10-11) |
InterSession Break |
12 Sep 2022 |
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InterSession Break |
19 Sep 2022 |
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8 |
26 Sep 2022 |
Completing collection |
Cooney (Ch. 3.1-3.3) |
9 |
3 Oct 2022 |
Writing up the target model |
Cooney (Ch. 4.1-4.4) - Caltagirone (2018) - Industrial Control Threat Intelligence |
10 |
10 Oct 2022 |
Preparing verbal Intelligence Briefing |
May (Ch. 10-13) - Hutchins - Intelligence-driven computer network defense |
11 |
17 Oct 2022 |
What does the customer need? |
Caltagrione et al. (2013) - The Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis |
12 |
24 Oct 2022 |
Last minute trouble shooting |
May (Ch. 14-15 and Conclusion) |
13 |
31 Oct 2022 |
Review |
Cooney (Ch. 5.1-5.5 and Afterword) |
Please note, exact order of topics may vary during the semester as needed.
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Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook