COMMGMT 7025 - Information Risks, Threats & Controls (M)
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2021
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code COMMGMT 7025 Course Information Risks, Threats & Controls (M) Coordinating Unit Management Term Semester 2 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Incompatible COMMGMT 2507 Assessment Quiz, projects and reflective journal Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Cate Jerram
Dr Cate Jerram
10.34 Nexus 10
cate.jerram@adelaide.edu.au
#8313 4757Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:- Effectively communicate the differences between risk, threat, and vulnerabilities, how they inter-relate, and the principle means of recognising them.
- Identify and communicate to clients the different types of risks and their nature, across the various core business functions and processes.
- Demonstrate different methods of conducting risk analyses and impact assessments.
- Detail the core requirements of an Information Risk Assurance process for an SME and for a corporation or large business.
- Develop an Information Security Framework for a specified business.
University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Deep discipline knowledge
- informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
- acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
- accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
1 - 4 Critical thinking and problem solving
- steeped in research methods and rigor
- based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
- demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
5 Teamwork and communication skills
- developed from, with, and via the SGDE
- honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
- encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
3 Career and leadership readiness
- technology savvy
- professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
- forward thinking and well informed
- tested and validated by work based experiences
1 - 5 Intercultural and ethical competency
- adept at operating in other cultures
- comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts
- able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes
- demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Students onsite must bring earphones and/or the ability to connect with the online class (laptop or tablet or mobile phone).
Students will be researching and resourcing core materials so there is no required text.
Online Learning
This course is very much a research-based course, so there will be considerable online activity both in class and out. When possible, sessions will be recorded. However – occasionally recordings fail. As much of the content is acquired through team research, presentation, discussion, and sharing - for the most part, online recorded sessions will not be very satisfactory replacements for live attendance, whether on-site or online.
IRTC is run on heutagogical principles, and is very much a research-based course, so there will be considerable online activity both in class and out. This is a mixed cohort class. That means there will be students attending both onsite and online only (from many time zones) simultaneously. Reminder - onsite students must bring earphones to class. As classes are delivered simultaneously to students on campus in Adelaide and to students with only online access, many classes and sessions will be delivered online. On-campus students must check schedules and watch announcements for sessions and classes when the academic will be online only and not in the classroom. On such occasions on-campus students are free to attend the online sessions in the class lab which remains reserved for the class as scheduled, or join online.
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
- Information Risks Threats & Controls is taught in CONSULTANCY mode - students work in teams for real clients (usually an SME) and apply learning to produce real outcomes for their clients.
- Integrity is essential. Clients entrust studens with vital information that could cause them harm if students are indiscreet or careless.
- Info Risks Threats & Controls will be taught in time blocks that will (usually) be comprised of research, workshop, discussion, and work on projects for real clients.
- Each session will comprise workshop, research and problem-solving activities, and class discussion, and some sessions will also include presentation, peer review, and coaching.
- Each seminar is scheduled in a 3 hour block. The 3-hours will usually be broken into two or three sessions with 10-15 minute breaks between them.
- RTC is a mixed cohort class, in which onsite and online students participate together. Onsite students are required to bring earphones to class to enable communication with online students. All students are to be considerate of each other's time zones.
- This is a 'stacked' course with undergraduate and postgraduate students mingled in class and in projects. It is expected that as part of their learning and achievement, postgraduate students will mentor the undergraduate students.
Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
The University expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies.
- This means that students are expected to commit approximately 12 hour per week to this course (including class time and the research, collaboration, online, & study time outside of your regular classes).
- Students are required to attend all class sessions.
- Students are required to complete class preparation (posted in MyUni) before the start of class.
- A proportion of this course will be in team-mode. It is recognised that outside commitments can mean that team-work is challenging in terms of compatible scheduling, but much of the team work can be managed online, so full participation in out-of-class team work is expected.
Learning Activities Summary
A full schedule is provided on the course MyUni site. As this course is worked with SMB (Small Medium Business) clients, the schedule is flexible to work with the realities of client consultancy.
Core topics include:
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
Frameworks, Policies, ISO, and Other Systems
Overview of Risk
Risk Analysis & Management Lexicon (concepts and definitions)
Risk Appetite & Risk Tolerance
Business Needs Analysis
Risk Assessment (methods & methodologies)
Risk Identification & Context
Threats & Vulnerabilities
Risk Assessment formulae
Risk Evaluation
Risk Response & Management
- Treating & Controlling Risk
Review & Monitor Risk Management
Documentation of Risk & Measures
Client interview protocols, schedules & skills
Site Visits and Analysis
Value chain and supply chain models.
Course Coordinators & Mentors mark & approve Team InfoSec Frameworks for distribution to clients.
After receiving approval, teams present their final InfoSec Framework & Documentation to their client organisation.
Specific Course Requirements
Students work with real clients in this course. It is therefore required that each student commits to professional attitudes and behaviour in dealing with clients, incuding meeting with clients, meeting deadlines, punctuality, and other such behaviours.
It is also required that students NOT submit content to clients until approved by course coordinator or assigned mentor.
As this class has a mixed cohort (simultaneous on-site and online students),- onsite students are expected to bring earphones or other means of being able to communicate with online classmates from the class lab;
- all cohorts are expected to make the extra effort required to communicate across technological and other challenges, including consideration for students in other time zones.
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Before contacting a course academic with a question:- Read the course outline.
- Read the assessment descriptions.
- Read the rubrics (all the cells).
- Read all announcements as they arrive.
- Check the FAQ section.
- Check past announcements.
- Check the Discussion Boards: Course Admin and Social.
- Information Risks Threats & Controls is taught in CONSULTANCY mode - students work in teams for real clients (usually an SME) and apply learning to produce real outcomes for their clients.
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task
Task Type
Weighting
Word Count / Time
Time Due
Learning Outcome
In-class Quiz Quiz 15
(5 ea)n/a Weeks 4, 8 & 12 1 - 4 Client InfoSec Framework stage 1 Project Templates 20 tn Week 4 class 1 - 4, 5 Client InfoSec Framework stage 2 Project Framework & Report 45 tbn Week 12 class 1 - 4, 5
Reflective JournalAnalytical & Reflective
Journal20 13 entries,
300 – 800 words eachWeek 13: Friday 12 noon. 1 - 5 Total 100% Assessment Related Requirements
This course has a strong focus on collaboration without collusion.
Collaboration (working with others, seeking help from others, helping others, using materials and sources from others - including publications, online material, classmates...) is encouraged so long as it is acknowledged.
Collusion (using other person’s work or help, unacknowledged, with or without their consent) is considered cheating, plagiarism, dishonourable, and deserving of a Fail grade.
Please collaborate. Acknowledge all collaboration and sources.
Do not cheat or collude.
Assessment Detail
In-class Quiz
Seminars in weeks 4, 8, and 12 will include a quiz on previous weeks’ material. Each quiz is worth 05% of final mark, totalling 15% of final grade.
Client InfoSec Framework
Each student will be a member of a team that will have a small business client for whom they will, over the course of the semester, develop an Information Security Framework. These will be developed in consultation with the course academics and the clients.
Stage 1 (Individual) (Due end of week 4)
Individual students research, locate, collate, design, select… appropriate templates and forms that will be the basis of the work they will present to their clients and academics. This task is undertaken – and often completed – before students know their team and/or their client.
In week 4, the forms and templates selected/prepared for analysis of client needs and for creating the Information Security Framework will be submitted and presented for feedback and grades to the course academics. If/when approved, these templates will form the foundation of the Framework and Report to be presented to the Client.
Teams will compare the prepared forms and templates brought by each individual member of the team; then select the forms & templates best suited to their specific client for each component of the analysis, framework & report. Teams are responsible to ensure a consistency of format & design across all materials selected.
Rubric available in MyUni.
Stage 2 (Team) (Due end of week 12)
Approximately week 5, students will be assigned their team and their client. From that time on, teams work together to analyse their clients needs, and design an appropriate Information Risk Management Framework for their client. Teams will document their processes. Documentation will be kept on the allocated team website. Appropriate components of the documentation will be used to create the Information Risk Management Framework and Report that are the final outcome for the client.
Throughout weeks 5 – 12, student teams will present various stages of their DRAFT Framework and Report for feedback from the Course Academic.
In week 12, the full FINAL DRAFT Information Security Framework and Report will be submitted and presented to the course academics for marking and feedback.
In week 13, (or shortly after) once the Final InfoSec Framework & Report have been approved by course academics, the work will be submitted and presented to the client.
Reflective Journal
Students are provided a private website within the course MyUni site.
Students are to use their private site to make weekly entries into their Reflective Journal.
The site may also be used for keeping notes, etc.
Each week, students will be expected to write 300 – 800 words of analysis and reflection on that week’s learning in their journal (following the required format).
At the end of semester, they may polish their previous 12 entries, if they choose.
The journal must be included with a “week 13” FINAL SUMMARY reflection of two parts:
[1] reflecting on the final events in polishing, submitting and presenting the final Information Security Framework & Report for and to their client, and
[2] reflecting & reviewing on the whole course/semester.
The final complete Journal (all 13 entries in order) is to be completed by 12 noon on the Friday of Week 13 and pasted into the submission portal.Students are expected to update their journal weekly, and can lose marks for missing weeks and late entries.
All Rubrics are available in MyUni.
Submission
As clients are involved, it is critical that work is submitted in a timely fashion.
No student may submit their work to their client until approved by a course academic.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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Student Feedback
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