The SECedu "Good Faith Policy" applies in all of our courses. This means we expect you to act in good faith at all times.

You must not act in any way so as to bring disrepute to the course, course staff, fellow students, the school, the university, or the ICT profession. We expect you to be a good citizen. To not invade, alter or damage the property of others including the university, invade the privacy of others, break any laws or regulations, annoy other people, deprive others of access to resources, breach or weaken the security of any system, or do or omit to do anything else which you know or suspect we would not be happy about.

Furthermore you are not to do anything which appears OK by a loophole or a strict interpretation of "the letter of the law" but which is not consistent with the spirit. Don't be a jerk.

If you are unsure, ask!

We expect a high standard of professionalism from you at all times while you are taking any of our courses. We expect all students to act in good faith at all times - including but not limited to:

• Respect the property of others and the university.

• Respect the privacy of others.

• Always abide by the law and university regulations.

• Be respectful and considerate of others to ensure everyone has an equal learning experience.

• Always check that you have written permission from all appropriate owners before performing a security test on any system.

• Attacking UNSW or course infrastructure is strictly prohibited.

• You are only permitted to attack a war game challenge in order to obtain the flag, not to alter the challenge in any way or otherwise spoil the challenge for other students.

• Don’t share or publish war games or your solutions, so that other students in future years can continue to enjoy them too (when solutions are shared or leak out for an exercise we have to throw away the exercise and write a new one).

Students who are found (or who have previously been found and not disclosed) guilty of academic or computer-related misconduct or any other activity in a way which casts doubt on their ability or willingness to comply with the Good Faith Policy may be unenrolled and will not be permitted to re-enrol in future offerings of the course. If you have ever been found guilty of such an activity you must disclose it to the course convener in writing immediately.

If, in our sole discretion, we feel you have violated the Good Faith Policy you will be unenrolled / awarded 0 Fail for the course. Further penalties may apply also depending on the nature and severity of the violation. Students who have seriously violated the Good Faith Policy may not be permitted to re-enrol in future offerings of this or other UNSW Security courses.

Rules and Tips for Success in a SECedu security course

Be excellent to each other.

Have fun! Security is an extremely enjoyable and stimulating field. Approach it in a spirit of adventure and a desire to embrace challenge.

Acknowledge the contributions of others when you submit work which is not completely your own work. Generally, the assessable activities in the course are to be your own work, but other study activities can be done alone or with others as you find most helpful and enjoyable. Don't do everything alone, however, as you'll need to demonstrate your ability to work well in teams when you apply for jobs.

Work steadily each week - don't fall behind as that can be stressful and tends to lead to surface rather than deep learning when you do get around to trying to catch up, and you’ll miss out on a lot of the potential benefit you can get from the lectures and activities if you understand things at that time. Some past students have suggested putting aside a regular scheduled time each week to work on the course, you should do whatever works for you - but don’t leave it to chance.

Join in the course community, share ideas and insights, and help others.

Read widely and actively extend yourself during the course. If you already know some topics then set yourself challenges or learn about extension areas. Make sure you come out of this course substantially better than when you came in.