law5ctw cyber terrorism and international warfar
CYBER TERRORISM AND INTERNATIONAL WARFARE
LAW5CTW
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject will offer a high-level overview of how cyber-terrorist threats and foreign states might infiltrate systems and gain control of systems/critical infrastructure. It will include an introduction to cyber-terrorism (history and background) that distinguishes it from cyber-activism, and then will introduce students to cyber-terror issues in the information age, including a review and analysis of how terrorists recruit and fund their missions online, how they make threats to critical infrastructure, and how cyber-espionage takes place, including threats to public and private entities.
SchoolLa Trobe Law School
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorPatrick Keyzer
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 5 - Masters
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Enrolment in a PG degree offered by the School of Law or Master of Cyber Security (Law) (SMCYL) or permission of the Course Co-ordinator or delegate.
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Readings | Cyber Terrorism and International Warfare | Prescribed | Various | Various |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Demonstrate a high-level capacity to understand and critically evaluate key concepts relating to cyber-activism and cyber-terrorism
- Activities:
- Lectures, concept presentations and classes emphasizing the meaning of legal and technological terminology. Students are required to use new language in discussion and written settings. Assessment requiring identification and analysis of key concepts requiring reading and analysis of primary and secondary legal materials. Assessment questions.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
02. Explain and critique case-based and statutory principles and international law relating to Cyber Terrorism and International Warfare
- Activities:
- Frameworks for doctrines explained and illustrated in lectures, individual student reading of cases and texts provided in the Course Materials and in-class discussions to clarify and evaluate applications. Case readings, recorded strategic case presentations. Assessment
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
03. Demonstrate a developed capacity to integrate international legal principles and national case-based and statutory principles to arrive at a solution to a problem raised in a given fact situation
- Activities:
- Argument development and evaluation modelled through case-study examples in lectures and concept presentations. Individual student reading of cases and textbooks and in- class discussions to clarify and evaluate applications. Assessment.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
04. Critique policy issues arising from the intersection of cyberterrorism and security and other social issues
- Activities:
- Argument development and evaluation modelled through case-study examples in presentations. Individual student reading of cases and textbooks and in-class discussions to clarify and evaluate applications. Assessment
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
05. Write effectively using the principles of plain legal English
- Activities:
- Tutorial discussion and concept presentations emphasising the necessity for clarity; modelling of written case studies, assessment tasks requiring written communication to a range of audiences. Assessment
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
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