MIT9318 Cybersecurity Capstone

Unit Code

MIT9318

Level

Postgraduate

Campus

Sydney

Prerequisites

MIT9301 and 100 credit pts of which 80 credit pts must be at level 8000

Credit Points

Subject Description

In the MIT9318 Cybersecurity Capstone Project, students apply the knowledge and skills gained throughout their Master of Information Technology (Cybersecurity) degree. Working in groups of 3 to 5, students engage in an industry-relevant cybersecurity project for a client. The project involves identifying, analysing, and addressing complex, security-centric challenges through a structured approach that includes project planning, threat modeling, risk assessment, secure architecture design, implementation, testing, and validation. Students are expected to design and implement robust security solutions, ensuring compliance with ethical standards and adhering to best practices in security, privacy, and confidentiality. The process also includes the preparation of regular progress reports, comprehensive technical documentation, client presentations, and a final evaluation of the project’s effectiveness and impact. Students will demonstrate their ability to apply advanced cybersecurity principles, evaluate security controls, and provide innovative solutions to real-world cybersecurity challenges.

Course

Master of Information Technology (Cybersecurity)

Course Level

Level 2

Subject Type

☒ Capstone

Study Mode: Face to face on site

Study Load: Full-time

Learning Topics

Client-focused cybersecurity project planning and requirements analysis
Threat modelling and security risk assessment
Secure architecture and solution implementation
Testing and effectiveness
Ethical, legal and professional practice, teamwork and stakeholder communication

Subject Learning Outcomes

Apply theoretical, professional and technical knowledge and skills to achieve project deliverables.
Elicit, analyse, and critically refine organisational IT requirements to develop a well-informed approach for a secure solution that addresses potential threats and vulnerabilities.
Design and implement a strategy to develop and deploy a cybersecurity solution that protects against identified threats and meets stakeholders’ security needs.
Critically assess the quality and effectiveness of all aspects of the developed solution, through evaluation of project processes and supporting documentation.
Collaborate and communicate effectively with team members as well as external stakeholders ensuring compliance with ethical, legal, professional and industry standards.

Assessment

AIIHE uses a variety of assessment tools to guide and assess each student’s achievement of the subject learning outcomes. In this capstone subject, students develop a group charter and team plan, provide regular project-progress reports, and complete a final project comprising a group report and deliverables, a presentation and an individual reflection. These tasks assess project planning, applied technical capability, critical evaluation, collaboration, stakeholder communication and professional practice.

Summary of Assessment

Assessment Type	Due Date	Weighting
Assessment 1: Group Charter and Team Plan	Week 4	20%
Assessment 2: Project Progress	Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10	10%
Assessment 2: Project Progress	Weeks 11 and 12	70%

Learning Resources

AIIHE will update the topic coverage of the subject and the available relevant learning resources at the time of subject delivery. In the interim, AIIHE provides the following indicative list of relevant reference material. AIIHE also subscribes to eLearning Resources through the Canvas portal, and where relevant material is available, AIIHE will seek to source reference material from this system for staff and student access.