COMP11082 Assessment Brief
| Title | Incident Response | ||
| Session | 2025/26 | Status | Published |
| Code | COMP11082 | SCQF Level | 11 |
| Credit Points | 10 | ECTS (European
Credit Transfer Scheme) |
5 |
| School | Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences | ||
| Module Coordinator | Althaff Mohideen | ||
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Summary of Module
The module provides students with detailed understanding of the methodologies, practices and techniques required to respond to a network intrusion or security breach and will ensure students understand all factors involved in the required for situational preparedness, management and resilience principles.
By using reflection techniques and case study reviews, students will develop a deeper understanding of the processes required to deal with a security breach.
This module will work to develop a number of the key ‘I am UWS’ Graduate Attributes to make those who complete this module:
Universal
- Critical Thinker
- Ethically-minded
- Research-minded
Work Ready
- Problem-Solver
- Effective Communicator
- Ambitious
Successfull
- Autonomous
- Resilient
- Driven
Learning Outcomes
| L1 | Demonstrate a critical understanding of the theories and concepts associated with the management of security breaches by the Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT). |
| L2 | Apply knowledge, skills and understanding to design systems that fully utilise tools such as the SANS 6Step Incident Management Model. |
| L3 | Critically analyse the effectiveness of practical implementations of incident management and response. |
| L4 | N/A |
| L5 | N/A |
Employability Skills and Personal Development Planning (PDP) Skills
| SCQF HeadingsĀ | During completion of this module, there will be an opportunity to achieve core skills in: |
| Knowledge and Understanding (K
and U) |
SCQF 11
Students will learn systematic and comprehensive knowledge of Incident Response. Students are expected to be familiar with the key technologies and techniques and their application in practice. |
| Practice: Applied
Knowledge and Understanding |
SCQF 11
Students will gain in-depth, comprehensive understanding and critical awareness of knowledge of Incident Response, and apply this in planning, developing and implementing, capture a response to a network security event. They will also develop capability to apply a range of standard and specialised research skills, tools/software, |
| development kit and related techniques in response to application requirements for their written assignment and lab tasks. | |
| Generic
Cognitive skills |
SCQF 11
To complete their written reports and laboratory tasks, students will first build skills to integrate information and apply knowledge from various sources including technology advances informed by research and industry. |
| Communication,
ICT and Numeracy Skills |
SCQF 11
Working in interacting groups, students will develop communication skills as well as the ability to write technical reports and documentation. |
| Autonomy, Accountability and Working with Others | SCQF 11
Each student will generate a comprehensive report summarizing his/her finding for a given scenario. |
| Learning and Teaching | |
| In line with current learning and teaching principles, a 20-credit module includes 200 learning hours, normally including a minimum of 36 contact hours and maximum of 48 contact hours. | |
| Learning Activities
During completion of this module, the learning activities undertaken to achieve the module learning outcomes are stated below: |
Student Learning HoursĀ
(Note: Learning hours include both contact hours and hours spent on other learning activities) |
| Lecture / Core Content Delivery | 7 |
| Tutorial / Synchronous Support Activity | 7 |
| Laboratory / Practical Demonstration / Workshop | 14 |
| Independent Study | 72 |
| Please select | Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā |
| Please select | Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā |
| TOTAL | 100 |
Indicative Resources
The following materials form essential underpinning for the module content and ultimately for the learning outcomes:
Steve Anson (2019). Applied Incident Response. Wiley
Luttgens, J. (2014) 3rd Ed. Incident Response & Computer Forensics. McGraw-Hill Education
Murdoch, D. (2014) 2nd Ed. Blue Team Handbook: Incident Response Edition: A condensed field guide for the Cyber Security Incident Responder. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Roberts, S and Brown, R. (2016) Intelligence-Driven Incident Response. O’Reillly
Please ensure the list is kept short and current.Ā Essential resources should be included, broader resources should be kept for module handbooks / Aula VLE.
Resources should be listed in Right Harvard referencing style or agreed professional body deviation and in alphabetical order.
Oracle Virtual Box along with guest additions and VirtualBox Extension Pack.
Assessment Outcomes
| Assessment (also refer to Assessment Outcomes Grids below) |
| Assessment 1 |
| Coursework 1 (50%) |
| Assessment 2 |
| Coursework 2 (50%) |
| Assessment 3 |
| (N.B. (i) Assessment Outcomes Grids for the module (one for each component) can be found below which clearly demonstrate how the learning outcomes of the module will be assessed.
(ii) An indicative schedule listing approximate times within the academic calendar when assessment is likely to feature will be provided within the Student Module Handbook.) |
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