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The course will discuss the higher-level context for cybersecurity in an organization, specifically through its relation to information governance. Requirements, policies, procedures, processes, and controls for data security will be a central topic. Individual privacy, and data protection of sensitive private data within organizations, will be covered in detail.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course will discuss the higher-level context for cybersecurity in an organization, specifically through its relation to information governance. Requirements, policies, procedures, processes, and controls for data security will be a central topic. Individual privacy, and data protection of sensitive private data within organizations, will be covered in detail.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 28 | Feedback Weeks | 31 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Understanding of organizations, and the nature and role of information governance in larger organizations. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Ability to apply concepts of information governance to analyse cybersecurity scenarios. |
| Procedural | Create | Understanding of protection of data about private individuals held and processed by organizations, and how to achieve this through the application of controls. |
| Procedural | Create | Understanding of issues in data privacy, and ability to design privacy preserving systems using privacy-enhancing technologies. |
| Procedural | Create | Understanding of data security, and ability to create architectural and operational solutions. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 29 | Feedback Weeks | 32 | |
| Feedback |
In writing |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Understanding of organizations, and the nature and role of information governance in larger organizations. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Ability to apply concepts of information governance to analyse cybersecurity scenarios. |
| Procedural | Create | Understanding of data security, and ability to create architectural and operational solutions. |
| Procedural | Create | Understanding of protection of data about private individuals held and processed by organizations, and how to achieve this through the application of controls. |
| Procedural | Create | Understanding of issues in data privacy, and ability to design privacy preserving systems using privacy-enhancing technologies. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
(Continuous Assessment Courses Only) Where a student fails the course overall they will be afforded the opportunity to resit those parts of the course that they failed (pass marks will be carried forward). |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Create | Understanding of protection of data about private individuals held and processed by organizations, and how to achieve this through the application of controls. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understanding of organizations, and the nature and role of information governance in larger organizations. |
| Procedural | Create | Understanding of data security, and ability to create architectural and operational solutions. |
| Procedural | Create | Understanding of issues in data privacy, and ability to design privacy preserving systems using privacy-enhancing technologies. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Ability to apply concepts of information governance to analyse cybersecurity scenarios. |
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