BUSA3005 - Cybersecurity for Business
Lecturer, Newcastle Business School, the University of Newcastle, 2026
- Lecturing third-year Bachelor of Business Analytics students in Semester 2, 2026, at the Newcastle City Precinct (blended learning).
- Course topics:
- Introduction to cybersecurity in business, information safety and contemporary cybersecurity principles
- Data, network and application security, and the core technologies that provide cybersecurity for business
- Designing cybersecurity solutions and the challenges involved
- Human aspects of cybersecurity, including social engineering, and their managerial implications
- AI and cybersecurity technologies, and contemporary cybersecurity applications
- Cybersecurity project management in business, case studies of modern solutions, and future technologies
- Students learn to evaluate core cybersecurity principles in business operations, assess cyber risks, respond to incidents to keep a business running, and build cybersecurity strategies aligned with organisational goals, finishing with a strategy for a real-world business case.
- Total number of participants is 27 students.