Course

Security and Ethics in Cyberspace - INFS5907

Faculty: UNSW Business School

School: School of Information Systems and Technology Management

Course Outline: INFS5907 Course Outline

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: INFS5885 or INFS5978 or enrolment in Program 8425 or 8435 or 8426

Excluded: INFS4907

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course introduces students to the awareness and knowledge of security related issues occurring in cyberspace. It has a specific emphasis on the need for ethical viewpoints, approaches and practices from a management perspective when addressing the multidimensional challenges and solutions posed by the IS/IT related security problems. Using business cases and scenarios addressing various cyberspace issues, students will study and discuss the ethical and related implications these issues pose to stakeholders. They will learn to manage cyber related security issues responsibly from ethical, social, corporate, and professional perspectives. In some situations, they may encounter dilemmas which require a careful balance and trade-off in the way decisions are made.


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