COMP40770 Information Security

Academic Year 2019/2020

This module serves as an introduction to information security standards and offensive security techniques (penetration testing) for digital investigators. Large corporate environments require digital investigators to be familiar with the common regulatory framework governing information security processes in such organisations as well as an understanding of how corporate information security controls could be breached.

The first six weeks of this module are devoted to a discussion of information security principles and management standards, in which the students create information security policies for a small imaginary company and devise strategy for handling information security incident. The remaining six weeks serve as an introduction to penetration testing and culminate in a pentesting project.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this module the students should be able to

* discuss information security management standards, policies,
* devise incident response strategies
* discuss principles of offensive security techniques
* use penetration testing tools introduced in the module.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Autonomous Student Learning

226

Total

250

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Not yet recorded 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Assignments covering offensive security and penetration testing. The number and the specific timetable of the assignments will be stated at the beginning of the module. Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

50

Continuous Assessment: Assignments covering information security management and incident response. The number and the specific timetable of the assignments will be stated at the beginning of the module Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

50


Carry forward of passed components
Not yet recorded
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Not yet recorded
Name Role
Ms Jacky Fox Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Michael Harris Lecturer / Co-Lecturer