January 2017

Swoose lecturing at Macquarie University

Milton Baar, Cybersecurity Director, is teaching at Macquarie University as an Adjunct Lecturer for 2017. In this capacity, Milton will be lecturing the following courses for the Department of Computing:

ITEC803 - Advanced Topics in Networking. This unit aims to address various advanced aspects of networking, particularly the current and emerging research topics in network. The focus will be on material drawn from the recent research literature. Topics include but are not limited to label switching, VPN architectures, Inter-domain routing, advanced multicast routing models, traffic engineering, congestion control, quality of service, and multimedia networks. The unit consists of lecture, reading, discussion and assignment components. Course details may be found at http://www.handbook.mq.edu.au/2017/Units/PGUnit/ITEC803

ITEC852 - Advanced System and Network Security. As organisations and users increasingly rely upon networked applications for assessing information and making critical business decisions, securing distributed applications is becoming extremely significant. The unit is concerned with the protection of information in computing systems and networks. It will address concepts and techniques for securing distributed applications. Course details may be found at http://unitguides.mq.edu.au/unit_offerings/76191/unit_guide

ITEC854 - Information Security Management. This course teaches post-graduate students the practical aspects of Information Security Management and is a core subject in the post-graduate course. The 13 week course as a practical exercise, introducing students to ISO27001 and other frameworks including COBIT, PCIDSS, Sarbanes Oxley and ISM3. Course details may be found at http://www.handbook.mq.edu.au/2017/Units/PGUnit/ITEC854