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Introduction to ethical hacking, attacks, threats, hackers, measures and countermeasures. Overview of ethical hacker strategies. Focus on how perimeter defences work, how intruders escalate privileges and methods of security systems. Intrusion detection, policy creation, social engineering. Techniques and technologies for understanding the operation of malicious software and attacks. Threats and defence mechanisms. Attack phases. Secure network infrastructure. DDoS attacks, buffer overflows and virus creation. Network Infrastructure Attacks, Hacking Methodology, Developing ethical hacking plans. Footprinting and reconnaissance. Scanning Networks. Enumeration and system hacking. Malware threats. Sniffing. Social engineering. Physical security. Password vulnerabilities - cracking passwords. Denial of Service. Session hijacking. Hacking web servers. Hacking web applications. sql injection, hacking wireless networks. Hacking mobile platforms. Evading IDS, Firewalls, and Honeypots. Explores techniques and technologies for understanding the operation of malicious software and attacks. Techniques for detection, identification and prevention. Reverse engineering of code and network exploits as a method for understanding and development of countermeasures. Lab work: Practice the ethical hacker strategies and methods. Work on a sample perimeter defences and identify how intruders escalate privileges and methods of security systems. Practical exercises on the techniques and technologies of malicious software and attacks. Learn how to perform system hacking, mobile platform hacking, crack password, remove introduced vulnerabilities and evade IDs, firewalls, and honeypots. Apply reverse engineering of code and network exploits as a method for understanding and development of countermeasures. Utilise foot printing and reconnaissance, and scanning networks.

Addresses social, ethical, legal and managerial issues in the application of Computer Science to the information technology industry. Through seminars and case studies, human issues confronting Computer Science graduates will be addressed. Topics include managerial and personal ethics, computer security, privacy, software reliability, personal responsibility for the quality of work, intellectual property, environment and health concerns, and fairness in the workplace.

Legal and ethical consequences of applying Data Science. Current techniques such as Digital Data Repositories and Digital Object Identifiers as well as FAIR principles for Open Science, Open Data. Data ownership and transparency; privacy concerns and consent; and addressing unintended bias. Topics: Legal aspects of data ownership and privacy concerns, Data transparency, Ethical considerations for Data Science, Introduction to Data Repositories and Digital Object Identifiers, Introduction to Open Science, Open Data, and Introduction to FAIR data.

Social, ethical, legal, and managerial issues in the application of information technology in government, organisations, and industry. Foundations of intellectual property. Ownership of information. Plagiarism, Software piracy. Fairness in the workplace. Digital millennium copyright act. Patents. Trademarks and trade secrets. Legal issues in computing. Organisational context; professional and ethical issues and responsibilities. Relationships with professional societies. Codes of professional conduct. Ethics and history of ethics. Whistle- blowing. Workplace issues (harassment, discrimination). Identify theft. Ethical hacking. Privacy and civil liberties organisations.

An independent or group investigation to address a Software Engineering problem under the supervision of a lecturer. Before registering, the student must submit a written proposal to the supervisor for review. The proposal should give a brief outline of the project, estimated schedule of completion, and computer resources needed. A formal written report is essential and an oral presentation may also be required. At the end of the semester, the introduction, literature review and methodology employed should be submitted for grading.

An independent or group investigation of appropriate cybersecurity related problems carried out under the supervision of a lecturer. The student must submit a written proposal to the supervisor to review. The proposal should give a brief outline of the project with the statement of problem, aim, objectives, scope, significance, research gap, proposed research methodology, estimated schedule of completion, and resources needed. A formal written report is essential and an oral presentation may also be required. Topics from emerging trends such as applications in artificial intelligence, steganography, quantum computing, big data, cloud security, ethical hacking, cyber hunting, internet security, penetration testing, network intrusion and prevention, threat management, cybersecurity risk mitigation in the cloud, biometrics, digital image processing, Blockchain, quantum computing, edge computing, Internet of Things, 5G security, etc.

An independent or group investigation of appropriate software, hardware, communication and networks or IT related problems in Computer Science carried out under the supervision of a lecturer. Before registering, the student must submit a written proposal to the supervisor to review. The proposal should give a brief outline of the project, estimated schedule of completion, and computer resources needed. A formal written report is essential and an oral presentation may also be required.

An independent or group investigation of appropriate software, hardware, communication and networks or IT related problems in Data Science carried out under the supervision of a lecturer. Before registering, the student must submit a written proposal to the supervisor to review. The proposal should give a brief outline of the project, estimated schedule of completion, and computer resources needed. A formal written report is essential and an oral presentation may also be required.

An independent or group investigation development of an information system to address a business problem under the supervision of a lecturer. Before registering, the student must submit a written proposal to the supervisor to review. The proposal should give a brief outline of the project, estimated schedule of completion, and computer resources needed. A formal written report is essential and an oral presentation may also be required. At the end of the semester, the introduction, literature review and methodology employed should be submitted for grading.

An independent or group investigation development of an information system to address a business problem under the supervision of a lecturer. Before registering, the student must submit a written proposal to the supervisor to review. The proposal should give a brief outline of the project, estimated schedule of completion, and computer resources needed. A formal written report is essential and an oral presentation may also be required. At the end of the semester, the introduction, literature review, and methodology employed should be submitted for grading.