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School: Science

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• Unit Title

  Security Risk Management

• Unit Code

  SCY5108

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

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Description

This unit introduces the student to Security Risk Management commonly used by corporate organizations, and international and national agencies. The student will examine the development, methods and processes of security risk and security risk management, within the framework of national and international standards. Students will be exposed to complex and interrelated security risk problems, considering aspects such as criticality and threat assessments in order to model and present their own security risk report.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SCY4101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Apply a systematic problem-solving technique to security risk management aligned to contemporary professional practice.
2. Compare contemporary security risk and security risk management models.
3. Deconstruct an organisation's security risk exposure using applicable national and/or international standards:
4. Design a security risk management framework in response to an organisations security risk exposure.
5. Explain the theories that underpin security risk and security risk management.

Unit Content

1. Communication strategies to engage stakeholders.
2. Criticality and Threat assessments.
3. Decision-making within a security risk and security risk management context.
4. National and international security risk management models and frameworks.
5. Risk and security risk concepts, theories and models.
6. Security risk analysis and evaluation techniques and methodologies.
7. Social and cultural theories within a security risk management context.
8. Techniques and methodologies to monitor and review security risks.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, seminars, workshops, activities and online studies. Students are exposed to a range of national and international materials and case studies, supported by real life scenarios to provide relevant industry skills.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Text References

• ^ Standards Australia. (2012). Risk management: Guidelines on risk assessment techniques. Sydney: Standards Australia International Ltd. Note: This can be downloaded from the ECU Library site.
• Talbot, J., & Jakeman, M. (2009). Security risk management: body of knowledge (2nd ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Standards Australia. (2006). HB 167:2006 Security risk management. Sydney: Standards Australia International Ltd. Note: This can be downloaded from the ECU Library site.
• Beck, U. (1992). Risk society: Towards a new modernity. London, UK: Sage.
• Breakwell, G. M. (2007). The psychology of risk. Cambridge, UK: University Press.
• Smith, C. L., & Brooks, D. J. (2013). Security science: The theory and practice of security. Waltham, MA: Elsevier.
• Standards Australia. (2009). AS/NZS ISO31000:2009 Risk management - Principles and guidelines. Sydney: Standards Australia International Ltd. Note: This can be downloaded free from the ECU Library site.

Journal References

• An International Journal Risk Management
• The Security Journal
• International Journal of Risk Security and Crime Prevention
• Journal of Applied Security Research
• Risk Analysis

^ Mandatory reference

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