COMP6441 Security Engineering and Cyber Security (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.3/5 overall across 31 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
COMP6441 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Computer Science and Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 安全工程与网络安全
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Computer Science and Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Postgraduate Level 6
Handbook year: 2026
In this introductory cybersecurity course we look at Security Engineering – the engineering principles behind designing, monitoring, and maintaining security in the face of an adversary. We explore selected case studies and examine the practical principles behind effective security.
COMP6441 has 31 scored reviews: overall 3.3/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 5.0 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.2/5).
On Reddit: "Anything with Richard Buckland. It's very very common for people who aren't enrolled in the course to turn up (or at least it used to be, I haven't had time to go to random lectures this year...) This term he's teaching Security Engineering (COMP6441 / COMP6841), lectures are on…"
On Reddit: "Guys. You arent meant to do all the activities. You are meant to pick a few, explain why you chose to do those ones in your blog, and not spend your entire life on the course. I got a HD doing that, part of the course is deciding your own limits and working to that."
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Q: Is COMP6441 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 31 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 3.3/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP6441, and when is it offered?
A: COMP6441 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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