BTX5330 Regulating cybersecurity: Law, risk and governance
Faculty of Business and Economics
BTX5330 Regulating cybersecurity: Law, risk and governance is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2027 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
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Requisites
Before BTX5330
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After BTX5330
No unit lists BTX5330 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
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The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
Cybersecurity is no longer simply a technical issue confined to IT departments. Governments, corporations, regulators, digital platforms, and critical infrastructure providers increasingly operate in environments shaped by cyber risk, data breaches, ransomware, artificial intelligence, online harms, surveillance, and cross-border digital threats. This unit examines how law responds to these challenges and how cybersecurity is governed in an increasingly interconnected digital society. In this unit, you will examine the legal, regulatory, ethical, and governance dimensions of cybersecurity across domestic and international contexts. Topics include cybercrime, privacy and data protection, critical infrastructure protection, platform regulation, online safety, artificial intelligence, cyber warfare, and cross-border enforcement. Through contemporary case studies, regulatory frameworks, policy analysis, and simulated cyber incidents, you will critically analyse how governments, corporations, regulators, and digital platforms respond to evolving cyber risks and digital governance challenges.
The unit is intended for those seeking to understand not only how cybersecurity law currently operates, but also how digital regulation is evolving in response to emerging technologies, geopolitical tensions, and rapidly changing forms of online harm.
Offerings in 2027
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Written20%
- Presentation30%
- Project50%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
critically evaluate the legal, institutional, and governance frameworks used to regulate cybersecurity, cybercrime, digital risk, and online harms
- 2
analyse the relationship between cybersecurity, privacy, data protection, platform governance, artificial intelligence, and emerging digital technologies
- 3
apply relevant legal principles and regulatory frameworks to cybersecurity incidents involving data breaches, ransomware, critical infrastructure, cross-border cyber operations, and online harms
- 4
assess and compare the roles, responsibilities, and regulatory approaches of governments, corporations, regulators, digital platforms, and legal systems in maintaining cyber resilience and digital security
- 5
develop legally and strategically informed responses to cybersecurity challenges.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.
This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.
This unit engages you in enquiry-based learning, where you will be encouraged to use your own knowledge to develop and engage in a process of enquiry, study and research to identify areas to be investigated and an approach to doing so.
This unit allows you to develop your research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Aashish Srivastava
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for BTX5330?
BTX5330 has no prerequisites.
When is BTX5330 offered?
In 2027, BTX5330 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.
How much work is BTX5330?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does BTX5330 have an exam?
No. BTX5330 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Organisational unit
- Department of Business Law and Taxation
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 4
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2027