22603VIC Certificate IV in Cyber Security

Located at our St Albans campus, our Cyber Security Training Centre will help prepare you for the unpredictable future of work. The facility features a Security Operations Centre (SOC), providing a simulated working environment for collaboration and practical experience. Attack and defend rooms put you in the hot seat, allowing you to take on the role of hacker or defender and put your skills to the test.

VU Polytechnic's Certificate IV in Cyber Security 22603VIC is supported by the Cisco Networking Academy.

Emma Broadbent, Regional Manager, ANZ & PI, Cisco Networking Academy stated, "globally, there is unprecedented demand for cyber security knowledge and skills that is creating exciting employment opportunities across almost every industry.

The Cisco Networking Academy is supporting VU Polytechnic in being able to drive and develop a new Cyber workforce."

Our campus libraries offer career advice, academic resources and learning and IT support in relaxed lounge-like settings. You'll have access to photocopying, computing and printing facilities as well as electronic and print resources.

You'll have access to a rich collection of online resources at any time of the day or night, including databases, e-learning content for courses, student email, student software packages and social networking tools.

VU has one of the best campus-wide WiFi networks. We also have more than 4000 computers (PCs and Apple Mac) spread across our campuses. A central IT helpdesk is also available for support.

If you have a background in the ICT industry and are familiar with digital technologies you can choose to study 100% online.

Make your course fit around your life with either full-time or part-time study:

• The full-time online course takes 12 months, with scheduled online classes three days per week.
• The part-time online course takes 18 months, with scheduled online classes two evenings per week.

Whatever option you choose, you'll have access to a range of cloud-based labs and learning activities so you can practice and re-enforce your skills.

To study online you'll need access to a PC computer or laptop with the following minimum specifications:

• quad-core CPU with 2 GHz processor or faster
• 16 GB RAM
• 250 GB free storage space
• Windows 10 operating system or later, or a virtual machine with Windows 10 or later installed
• headset with microphone
• webcam (optional but preferred)
• stable internet connection so you can participate in online meetings.

Prior to enrolment you will be required to complete a literacy and numeracy assessment and pre-training interview to determine your suitability to the course and online delivery.

Before starting the course, you should be able to:

• turn on a computer and use its operating system
• save and open files
• use office-suite software including applications for producing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations
• connect to the internet
• send and receive email
• conduct a web search and navigate a webpage to find information
• use webinar software.