Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security

VU course code: NTCS | CRICOS: 105066J, 105068G | Level of study: Postgraduate

Duration

0.5 years full time or longer for part time

Delivery mode

In person

Fees

Commonwealth supported place

Location

City Campus, Footscray Park, VU Brisbane, VU Sydney

Next start date

29 April 2024

Application closes

21 April 2024

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Overview

Build your IT expertise and get set for a high-demand industry by studying the Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security at Victoria University.

This postgraduate information technology course covers the essential areas of cyber security, from proactive cyber threat detection and risk management to cyber law and regulations.

You'll learn from academic staff with a strong research record in cyber security, and industry experts with significant cyber security experience.

Guest lecturers with current experience in the cyber security industry complement the academic staff and provide insights on the latest developments in the field.

Specifically, you'll gain expertise in:

cyber security fundamentals
cyber security architecture
cyber security technologies such as digital signature, public key infrastructure, virtual private networks, firewalls, intrusion detection, data encryption
cloud security
enterprise security
cyber security regulation, policies and laws.

: On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Critically apply cyber security knowledge and skills to new and uncertain situations in professional practice, exhibiting a high level of personal autonomy and accountability;

Evaluate cyber security architecture and state-of-the-art technologies including firewalls, virtual private networks, public key infrastructure, digital signature and anti-malwares; and

Apply commercial tools to secure computers and networks in enterprise and cloud systems to ensure privacy and prevent data loss;
: Globally, cyber security is expected to have an annual growth of over 20% in the next five years.

With an increasing number of companies adopting cloud services and storage, valuable data and information systems are increasingly under threat from the hackers and industrial spies. Hackers can even penetrate enterprise networks, encrypt the hard drive of computers and extort the organisation or computer owners to pay for unlocking the systems.

With a Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security, you can benefit from the increasing work opportunities associated with protecting computers, networks, information systems and data from unauthorised access, change or destruction.
: In addition to our undergraduate and postgraduate courses, we also have strong partnerships with leading companies in the industry. These include but not limited to AWS, Cisco, Microsoft and Oracle.

Victoria University is an academy for a multitude of certification courses from these leading industries. This means, as our students, you will have the opportunity to study certification courses taught by seasoned lecturers and research academics within the IT discipline with discounted certification examination fees.

For more details, please visit the following links and contact your course chair.

Amazon - AWS Training & Certification

Cisco - Cisco Networking Academy

Microsoft - Microsoft Education

Oracle - Oracle Academy

Entry requirements

When assessing your application, we consider your education, work experience, current skills and personal attributes (where relevant).

Applicants for this course will need to meet the entry criteria outlined below. If you don’t meet the entry criteria, you may be able to gain entry by first completing a different course. We call this a ‘pathway’.

For PhD applicants, we offer a related ‘Integrated PhD’ which allows you to establish relevant skills before beginning your research.

You may also be eligible for course ‘credits’, where you are granted a unit or units towards your qualification for equivalent previous study or work experience, so you can graduate sooner.

Entry criteria

Credit & Entry pathways into this course

Victoria University is committed to providing a transparent admissions process. Find out more about how to apply for our courses, and our commitment to admissions transparency. Meeting the minimum admission criteria does not guarantee entry into this course. Past academic performance may be considered.

Course Structure

To successfully attain the Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security, students will be required to complete:

48 credit points of core units

Units

Fees & Scholarships

University fees vary, depending on how much the government contributes towards course costs (if anything).

Read below to find out about the fee ‘type’, the estimated yearly tuition costs for this course, and the financial support on offer (including our generous scholarship program).

Fees

Scholarships

CAREERS

The Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security opens new career possibilities in cyber security, especially over the next few years with a global shortage of cyber security professionals*.

You'll be prepared as security professionals who have attained specialised expertise in cyber security, such as:

Cyber Security Specialist
Cyber Security Consultant
Cloud Security Engineer
Network Security Engineer.

* Cybersecurity skills shortage putting public, private sectors at risk, experts say, ABC News, June 2017.

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