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Understanding the Human Threat (UCS8011)

The role of people within cybersecurity

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Starting 20 Jul 2020
UCS8011
 

Understanding the Human Threat

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Understanding cybersecurity is imperative to organisational change

For non IT professionals, this minicourse explores and explains the roles of people in the cyber security field and how they interact and perform to broaden understanding of the value they bring and risks they face and present.

About the course

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to:

  • Understand the scope and importance of cyber security
  • Motivations behind cyber threats
  • Systematic way of approaching cyber security

What topics will you cover?

  • Global Cyber Environment
  • Cyber Threat Terminology
  • Cyber Attack Techniques
  • Evolving Cyber Behaviour

Assessment

To be eligible for a digital badge for this minicourse, you will need to successfully complete an assessment which includes a written exposition of a human actor in the cyber security field.

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20 July 2020
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21 September 2020
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23 November 2020
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University level expertise

Scott Sorley is Executive Director of ICT Services at the University of Southern Queensland. Scott is responsible for enterprise wide planning, coordination and delivery of USQ information and communications systems. Scott developed the Human Factors in Cyber Security course in June 2019 and has been teaching this course to postgraduate students since that time. He has a particular interest in enabling Higher Education and its mission to improve people’s lives and create value for society. Scott has a diverse IT background from developing web applications, building distributed database systems, designing networks and managing large IT teams.

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