COMP6800 Cyber Security Foundations
S16 units6000-level
Cyber Security Foundations introduces all essential cyber security principles. This includes principles of secure design, secrets minimization, least privilege, isolation, separation and encapsulation. The interplay between failed security principles and vulnerabilities is investigated in detail, and ethical considerations in vulnerability disclosure are discussed. The course provides the essential foundations which allow students to continue in a more in-depth cyber security career, yet can also be used a standalone unit to provide a self-contained set of knowledge.
- 2024not listed
- 2025not listed
- 2026S1
- 2027S1
Prerequisites in 2026
Read automatically from the handbook's wording
enrolment in the Master of Computing (Advanced)
Incompatible with COMP2700: you can't count both.
The handbook's original wording (2026–2027)
To enrol in this course you must be enrolled in Masters of Computing (Advanced). Incompatible with COMP2700 .
What it leads to in 2026
These courses name COMP6800 in their 2026 prerequisites: