Electronic Fraud

Subject ISYS90006 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

Semester 1, Hawthorn - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Semester 2, Hawthorn - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 24 hours of face-to-face contact over an eight-week semester plus at least eight hours of pre-seminar reading.
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: nil
Corequisites: nil
Recommended Background Knowledge: nil
Non Allowed Subjects: nil
Core Participation Requirements: For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.
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Contact

Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs

Level 3, 442 Auburn Rd

Hawthorn VIC 3122

Phone: 03 9810 3393

Email: mccp.enquiries@mccp.unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

This subject is currently closed. MCCP is not accepting enrolments into this subject.

This subject is designed to provide students with a grounding in the following areas:
• Types of eFraud;
• How computers are used as a tool for internal and external fraud;
• Financial risk;
• Agencies and associations involved in fraud and fraud detection: Austrac, AIESEC, Credit Card companies, Banks);
• Legal aspects;
• Preparing an eFraud risk assessment;
• Implementing pre-emptive anti-fraud techniques;
• Key evidence identification and preservation;
• Asset tracing and recovery; and
• Prevention and detection of identity fraud.
Objectives: On completion of this subject students should have an understanding of
• electronic fraud of all types,
• factors to consider when deciding to investigate electronic fraud, and
• techniques and approaches to mitigating susceptibility.
Assessment: Up to two written assignments totalling 4000 words.
Prescribed Texts: nil
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Links to further information: http://www.mccp.unimelb.edu.au/courses/award-courses/graduate-certificate/digital-forensics

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