INFO30006 Information Security and Privacy (University of Melbourne): rated 3.6/5 overall, difficulty 3.0/5 (higher is harder) across 34 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
INFO30006 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology in Informatics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 信息安全与隐私
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Informatics
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
AIMS Information is a valuable asset that requires protection from increasingly sophisticated and complex security threats. The ease with which information can be collected directly from individuals, or secretly through technologies, presents new challenges for protecting privacy.
INFO30006 has 34 scored reviews: overall 3.6/5 · usefulness 3.6 · difficulty 3.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 3 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.3 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.6/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "INFO30006 Information Security and Privacy, fondly called Infosec, is an introductory cybersecurity subject. It’s not too technical and caters to both computing students and non- computing students such as journalism students, of which we had a lot of in our class. There is no coding involved, but …"
On Reddit: "Did it last year and really enjoyed it. - Great cross between theory and real world case studies. I really enjoyed the mixed discussion of security, cryptography, policy, ethics, safety, etc. - different tute options based on strength of technical background (those who want to g…"
On Reddit: "Extremely different subjects! I haven't done COMP30020 but have heard a lot of good things about it, including that it was quite useful. I really enjoyed INFO30006, but it was quite different to the other 3rd year CS subjects, with zero programming involved. It was more a qualit…"
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is INFO30006 hard?
A: Students rate INFO30006's difficulty 3.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is INFO30006 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 34 reviews: usefulness 3.6/5, overall 3.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches INFO30006, and when is it offered?
A: INFO30006 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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