Reducing cyber crime threats to communication networks will be at the forefront of an international security forum to be held in Sydney later this month.

Research at CSU aims to make it possible for a doctor to monitor the heart rate or check the blood pressure of a patient hundreds of kilometres away, using wireless sensors and mobile phone technology.

More than 6 500 students from around the world are expected to begin a free cyber security course with CSU today.

CSU is offering a free, five week long, online course to give prospective students a sense of what it would be like to undertake an IT doctorate.

Lonely people are more likely to disclose sensitive personal information on Facebook than those who feel connected according to new Charles Sturt University (CSU) research.