School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Security Risk Management
  • Unit Code

    SCY5108
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof David Jonathan BROOKS

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayReview of International Case Study-Framework20%
ReportDevelop a Security Risk Management framework50%
Reflective PracticeCritique your workplace practice against unit content30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayReview of International Case Study-Framework20%
ReportDevelop a Security Risk Management framework50%
Reflective PracticeCritique your workplace practice against unit content30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Security Risk Management
  • Unit Code

    SCY5108
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof David Jonathan BROOKS

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayReview of International Case Study-Framework20%
ReportDevelop a Security Risk Management framework50%
Reflective PracticeCritique your workplace practice against unit content30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayReview of International Case Study-Framework20%
ReportDevelop a Security Risk Management framework50%
Reflective PracticeCritique your workplace practice against unit content30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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