Cyber Security Risk Management and Controls (BISM7620)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Postgraduate Coursework
Faculty
School
Business School
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
Seminar 3 Hours/ Week
Prerequisite
For MCyberSec students - CYBR7001 or CYBR7003. For all other students - at least 8 units of postgraduate courses.
Course enquiries
Associate Professor Dongming Xu (Semester 1, Regular, St Lucia, In person)
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.
Course description
Cyber Security Risk Management and Controls supports future leaders in the challenging cyber security domain in understanding their role as leaders, building relationships with the Board and high-level management, and in implementing effective cyber security controls throughout the organisation. This course is designed for experienced professionals who wish to build on their ability to lead a high performance team of professional IT staff that perform cyber operations. This course will equip these professionals with the ability to evaluate and implement strong IT governance and management practices around cyber security, and the communication skills to communicate across all levels of management. The course focusses on work-relevant assessment that focusses on student roles as leaders and provide the opportunity to engage with emerging security issues, risks and vulnerabilities. Topics will include Cyber Leadership (Role of the Cyber Security Leader; Emerging Cyber Threats), Assessment and Mitigation of Risk (Preventive, Detective, Corrective Controls), IT Governance Mechanisms for Cyber Secure Organisations, IT Management Controls for Cyber Secure Organisations (Plan, Build, Run and Monitor).
Archived offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) | External | External | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) | St Lucia | Internal | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) | External | External | Course Profile |
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) | St Lucia | Flexible Delivery | Course Profile |