Australian Cyber Law and Digital Evidence

Course aim

To analyse contemporary cyber crime activities, the nature and form of digital evidence, and current cyber laws, privacy and ethics.

Course content

Students of this course will learn principles of legal research; Australian cyber law and legislation; international cyber law; privacy law; ISO 27000; data sovereignty and sharing; data governance; IRAP and the Information Security Manual; cyber crime investigations; digital evidence and digital forensics.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
INFT 5042	Security Operations

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Seminar	2 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical	2 hours x 6 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Presentation, Report, Skills demonstration

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.