Course: Cyber Security for Business: Strategy, Risk and Resilience

Professional Responsibility in Cyber Security Professional responsibility in cyber security refers to the obligations that individuals in management and security roles have by virtue of the authority they exercise and …

Ethical Considerations in Data Protection and Surveillance Ethics in cyber security refers to the principles and values that should guide decisions about how data is collected, used and protected, and …

Legal and Regulatory Frameworks: Practical Obligations for Managers Week 2 introduced the global landscape of data protection regulation and established the key principles of the GDPR and its equivalents around …

Insider Threats and Behavioural Vulnerabilities Insider threats represent one of the most challenging dimensions of cyber security management precisely because they involve individuals who already have legitimate access to the …

Human Factors in Cyber Security Risk The relationship between human behaviour and cyber security risk is one of the most extensively researched and most consistently misunderstood areas of the discipline. …

Reflection Task: Security in Practice in Your Organisation Estimated time: 30 to 45 minutes | To complete before Week 5 Part One: Personal Reflection This week has moved from the …

Welcome to Week 5 Throughout this course, a consistent finding has emerged from almost every case study, every set of statistics and every framework examined: the human element is the …

Building Your Knowledge: Looking Ahead Week 4 has moved from planning to practice, exploring the operational realities of implementing and running a security management system, measuring its performance, responding to …

Interactive Activity: Analyse a Security Incident and Propose Response Actions This activity draws together the learning from this week and the three preceding weeks. You are presented with a security …

Case Study: The Optus Data Breach, Australia (2022) Organisation: Optus, Australia’s second-largest telecommunications provider Sector: Telecommunications | Region: Australia | Year: 2022 What Happened In September 2022, Optus suffered one …

Digital Forensics and OSINT Two disciplines that sit at the intersection of security management and investigation are increasingly relevant to organisations of all sizes: digital forensics and Open Source Intelligence …

Cloud Security and Mobile Security Considerations Two of the most significant changes to the operational security environment for most organisations over the past decade are the widespread adoption of cloud-based …

Incident Response and Recovery in Practice Week 3 introduced the incident response lifecycle and its four phases: preparation, detection and analysis, containment and recovery, and post-incident activity. This week you …

Monitoring and Evaluating Security Performance One of the most important and frequently neglected aspects of security management is the systematic measurement of how well security controls and processes are performing. …

Welcome to Week 4 The first three weeks of this course have built a comprehensive theoretical and analytical foundation. You have explored the principles of cyber security and the CIA …