Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19
Data breaches are everywhere, and cyber incidents can be extremely costly for an organization. Therefore, the speed at which you identify a violation and respond to the incident is critical to your data and systems' security. This course will provide technical and legal discussions on incident detection, investigation, response, and digital forensic techniques. It will walk you through best practices for everything from incident response to in-depth digital forensics. This will help the student identify vulnerabilities and better communicate breaches to those impacted.
| 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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Data breaches are everywhere, and cyber incidents can be extremely costly for an organization. Therefore, the speed at which you identify a violation and respond to the incident is critical to your data and systems' security. This course will provide technical and legal discussions on incident detection, investigation, response, and digital forensic techniques. It will walk you through best practices for everything from incident response to in-depth digital forensics. This will help the student identify vulnerabilities and better communicate breaches to those impacted.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 24 | Feedback Weeks | 24 | |
| Feedback |
Online |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Analyse | Analyse the breach and respond to the incident in the cybersecurity industry, financial institutions and other knowledge transfer activities |
| Procedural | Analyse | Understand the concepts of digital forensics and incident management |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 26 | Feedback Weeks | 26 | |
| Feedback |
Online |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | State-of-the-art knowledge in digital forensics and incident management |
| Conceptual | Apply | Understand how to design protection plans for incident response |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 25 | Feedback Weeks | 25 | |
| Feedback |
Online |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Analyse | Analyse the breach and respond to the incident in the cybersecurity industry, financial institutions and other knowledge transfer activities |
| Conceptual | Apply | Understand how to design protection plans for incident response |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment Weeks | 26 | Feedback Weeks | 26 | |
| Feedback |
Online |
Word Count | 2000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Analyse | Analyse the cybersecurity risk quantification |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | ||
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Analyse | Understand the concepts of digital forensics and incident management |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Analyse the breach and respond to the incident in the cybersecurity industry, financial institutions and other knowledge transfer activities |
| Conceptual | Apply | Understand how to design protection plans for incident response |
| Conceptual | Apply | State-of-the-art knowledge in digital forensics and incident management |
| Procedural | Analyse | Analyse the cybersecurity risk quantification |
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