eForensic Risk Assessment
Unit code: HIT6633
| Credit points | 12.5 Credit Points |
| Duration | 6 week block |
| Contact hours | 36 Hours |
| Campus | Hawthorn |
| Prerequisites | Students not enrolled in the Graduate Certificate of eForensics will require the permission of their program coordinator to undertake this unit. |
| Corequisites | Nil |
Related course(s)
Aims and objectives
This unit provides students with the knowledge and skills to recognise the extent of risks to a business and to develop and implement strategies to minimise those risks.
After successfully completing this unit students should be able to:
After successfully completing this unit students should be able to:
- Identify the risk of eForensics incidents.
- Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.
- Assess financial risk and business impact from electronic fraud and/or cybercrime.
- Identify appropriate agencies and/or associations to assist with prevention, assessing or investigating cybercrime within the business environment.
- Develop appropriate security and risk policy in support of business practices.
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.
Content
- Risk and risk management assessment
- Risk mitigation
- OH&S risk management for e-forensic investigation
- Integrity maintenance strategies
- Strategies to minimise damage, loss, alteration and contamination of e-forensic evidence.
- Legislative requirements for e-forensic risk management
- Financial Risk
- Fraud and fraud detection agencies and associations
- Business impact of cybercrime
- Identifying Assets, tracing and recovery
- Security and risk policy in support of business practices
