Master of e-Forensics and Enterprise Security

NOTE: MCCP is no longer accepting new applications for this course from 2010 onwards.

The Master of e-Forensics and Enterprise Security will appeal to students from the business sector, regulatory agencies, policing, fraud investigation as well as government and non-government areas.

The course strengthens student knowledge and understanding of key concepts and issues in the investigation and response to electronic fraud, electronic crime, and the development and maintenance of secure electronic environments. Students learn to identify and understand eCrime and eFraud, and their investigation and prevention through appropriate security measures. A copy of the course brochure is available.

• Understand the underlying technologies and technical processes of electronic forensic (eForensic) investigations on the Internet and in other electronic environments, and their role in enabling successful investigation and prevention of electronic fraud and crime, and the maintenance of security in such environments
• Appreciate how to create and acquire knowledge about e-forensic investigations and enterprise security
• Be familiar with methods of conducting investigations of electronic fraud using e-forensic methods in practical settings
• Be familiar methods for ensuring enterprise security in practical settings
• Realise how the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge are intimately related in the context of e-forensic investigations and enterprise security.

Students must successfully complete subjects equivalent to 100 points in order to be awarded the Masters in e Forensics and Enterprise Security.

Compulsory Subject

Elective Group 1

Choose between 4 and 6 of the following subjects:

(Including up to two Masters level subjects taken from the Master of Information Technology. Approval must be sought from Academic Coordinator)

Elective Group 2

The entry requirements for the course are:

1. Successful completion (with an overall average of at least 70%) of
The Graduate Certificate in eCrime Investigation, OR
The Graduate Certificate in eForensics and Electronic Fraud, OR
The Graduate Certificate in Electronic Security Management, OR
An equivalent Graduate Certificate
Plus either
a. Ten years relevant documented work or other experience, OR
b. A completed undergraduate degree plus two years documented relevant work or other experience.
OR
2. Completion of a relevant undergraduate degree or equivalent plus at least five years documented relevant work or other experience
OR
3. A relevant four-year degree plus at least two years documented relevant work or other experience