CRIM6051Cybercrime and Security II

Course handbook

Description

There is a growing emphasis on cybersecurity as a crime prevention tool locally and internationally by police, government, corporations, and individuals. In conjunction with the knowledge gained in CRIM6050: Cybercrime and Security I, this course advances students’ critical analysis of cybersecurity as a harm-prevention strategy. Students will critique common cyber threats and responses through case studies used to illustrate the practical, legal, and regulatory measures available. The course equips students with the knowledge to be able to analyse cybersecurity measures, evaluate their effectiveness from a range of stakeholder perspectives, and foregrounds responses to threats arising from emergent technologies, such as the metaverse and artificial intelligence. Students will apply their critical thinking skills to live issues in cybersecurity, and develop online policing and security strategies to address cybersecurity problems, including the impacts of digital exclusion on Indigenous communities. This will include analysis of community participation to address social justice issues facilitated through digital technologies.

Availability

Not currently offered.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Critically analyse approaches to cybersecurity

2. Prioritise police and criminal justice responses to cybersecurity and their effectiveness for victim-survivors

3. Critique a cybersecurity policy issue using criminological theory

4. Assess the stakeholder relationships necessary to effectively prevent crime through approaches to cybersecurity

5. Apply rhetorical techniques to persuade a criminal justice audience of the importance of funding research into a topical cybersecurity issue

Content

Topics will include:

• The history of cybersecurity
• Categories of cybersecurity
• The effectiveness of cybersecurity measures to prevent harm
• Cybersecurity governance
• Hacking
• Securitising digital networks
• Cybersecurity responses to organised cyber threats
• Cybersecurity responses to national security threats
• Interagency collaboration on cybersecurity
• Algorithmic responses to cybersecurity
• Jurisdiction in the metaverse
• The digital divide and digital exclusion and their impact on Indigenous and other vulnerable communities
• Citizen-led regulation of cybersecurity

Assessment items

Professional Task: Policy Brief

Professional Task: Advocacy Brief

Professional Task: Shark Tank

Course outline

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