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Cyberlaw Fundamentals

Unit Code: HIT6630

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

6 week block

36 Hours

Hawthorn

Nil. Students not enrolled in the Graduate Certificate of eForensics will require the permission of their program coordinator to undertake this unit.

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

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Aims & Objectives:

This unit provides knowledge relating to legal and regulatory framework relating to cybercrime and computer forensics.

After successfully completing this unit students should be able to:
  • Determine where a cybercrime has been committed.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of current cybercrime law reforms
  • Analyse case studies of cybercrime and precedence and relate to similar situations.
  • Determine relevant material for court proceedings for digital evidence
  • Prepare briefs for court proceedings for digital evidence


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Teaching Methods:

Lecture (24 hrs) , Tutorial (12 hrs)

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Assessment:

Assignments and Examination


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Generic Skills Outcomes:

The graduate attributes which relate to this unit of study help to produce graduates who:

  • Are capable in their chosen professional areas.
  • Are adaptable and manage change.
  • Operate effectively in work and community situations.
  • Are aware of environments.


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Content:

  • Definitions of cybercrime
  • Past and current cybercrime law reforms.
  • Examination of cybercrime case studies and precedence
  • Digital evidence briefs
  • Court proceeding definitions and procedures for admissible and reliable digital evidence

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Reading Materials:

Australian Security Cybercrime Strategy (Nov 2009) http://www.apo.org.au/research/cyber-security-strategy
 
Jonathon Clough, Principles of Cybercrime, Cambridge University Press, 2010

Alaeldin Maghaireh, Cybercrime Investigation: A Comparative Analysis of Search for and Seizure of Digital Evidence, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010


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