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Cyber and Data Security for Professionals

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SKU
SC-138
Extend your knowledge of cybersecurity principles.

This microcredential course is an extension of  Cybersecurity Principles for Professionals.  Successful completion of both courses offers an alternative entry option to the Graduate Certificate of Cybersecurity for people without an undergraduate degree, and who have 4 years work experience.

Special bundle introductory price for both courses:  $990 (discount applied at checkout)

$1,700.00

Key facts

Course category
Information Technology and Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity, Master Microcredentials
Options
Option 1 Available anytime Online (On demand)
Duration
4 weeks
Group Bookings
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Prerequisite/s
Cybersecurity Principles for Professionals
Certification
Digital Credential

Why this course?

This microcredential advances on the concepts covered in Cybersecurity Principles for Professionals, and covers the management of cyber risk and the requirement to use digital forensics, application security and network security.   

 

Together with its companion course, Cybersecurity Principles for Professionals this microcredential can be stacked into a subject for potential advanced standing in the Graduate Certificate or Masters of Cybersecurity. 

 

If you have 3 years of relevant IT work experience or 4 years other work experience, on successful completion of these microcredentials, you may be eligible for admission into the Graduate Certificate of Cybersecurity without the requirement of an undergraduate degree.  

Course content

Topics include:

  • Emerging cybersecurity practices, regulation and standards
  • Comparison of approaches for cyber risk management used to address real world problems
  • Identify approaches to digital forensics, application security and network security in the context of cyberspace
  • Data security, web security, cryptography and possible solutions to cyber threats.

On successful completion of this course, you will be awarded a digital credential and earn 10 credit points that can be accumulated with its partner course, Cybersecurity Principles for Professionals, to stack into  'Cybersecurity Principles'  (CSE4004), a subject within the Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity.

You’ll learn:

This microcredential will equip you basic skills in:

  • Identify security threats and determine counter measures
  • Analyse data to identify or resolve operational problem
  • Analyse security of systems network or data
  • Monitor the security of digital information
  • Non-technical skills (communication, problem solving and critical analysis).

This microcredential addresses the skills in the following Australian Skills Classification clusters:

  • Security and emergency services
  • Communication and collaboration
  • Digital technologies and electronics. 

Your study experience

This course is fully online and self-paced.

The total expected time commitment for this course is 80 hours, which includes self-paced guided learning content, extended reading, optional drop-in sessions, and assessment.  While it is expected that this is completed over 4 weeks, with an additional 4 weeks for assessment, you will have access to the course for up to 6 months from the time of registration.

The assessment for this course comprises:

  • Written report (60%)
  • Online quiz (40%). 

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Email: LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au 

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I have paid the fee for a short course. When will I be able to access it?  

On completion of your registration, you'll be provided with an account on our Learning Management System (LMS) and the course material will be made available at the advertised date, or as outlined on your registration confirmation email.  For our on-demand courses, access will be immediate.

What payment options are there?

  • You may arrange to pay by BPAY or EFT
  • For group bookings, we encourage purchase orders.  Contact us for a quote, and upon receipt of your purchase order we can make the course available to you.
  • Unfortunately, we are not able to arrange instalment payments.

Contact us on LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au for assistance. 

Can I arrange payment with a Purchase Order?

Yes, we accept Purchase Orders. Please email to LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au and our La Trobe Professional team will provide you with payment details and access to your course. 

I am getting an error when I try to log into my LMS account. Can you help? 

  • The first thing to check is your order confirmation email - it will contain your Learning Management System (LMS) account and password.  Note that this account may not be the same as your staff, student or previous short course participant account. 
  • The second thing to check is that you're logging on as a short course participant and not as a student - choose 'Other Users' - select Short Course as your institution and use your account and password as provided.

If you need any assistance, contact us on LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au. 

I want to enrol multiple staff in a short course. How do I go about this? 

Contact LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au so that we can discuss options with you.  

What certification will I receive?

The type of certification depends on the assessment involved in the course. For example:

  • Microcredentials:  You will receive a digital credential that confirms the skills you’ve acquired, any assessments you’ve completed and potential pathways for credit or advanced standing towards a degree. 
  • Other assessed short courses:  This may include bridging programs or courses that prepare you for external certification from a professional body.  You might receive a certificate of achievement or a digital badge (a digital version of a certificate of achievement).
  • Non-assessed courses:  If a course doesn’t involve formal assessment, you’ll receive a certificate of attendance.
  • Single-subject enrolment: If you enrol in a single subject, you will receive an official transcript for that subject.

Please note that short courses or microcredentials are not formal qualifications under the Australian Qualifications Framework but may be eligible for consideration as advanced standing (credit) towards a degree.

What is a microcredential? 

Microcredentials are short courses that are assessed, carry academic credit, and to deliver specific skills or knowledge.  While they can be taken as standalone courses, many are designed to be combined or ‘stacked’ with other microcredentials to form the equivalent of a subject within a degree program.  Upon successful completion, you’ll earn a digital credential that outlines the skills and credit obtained, and any opportunities for stacking.

For La Trobe microcredentials, any advanced standing or stacking pathways are clearly expressed on the course page.   

What is advanced standing?

Advanced standing refers to credit for prior study or formal learning that can be credited towards a qualification, thereby reducing the number of subjects required to complete a course. For short courses or microcredentials (if these have been completed through recognised institutions or platforms and are deemed equivalent to La Trobe University subjects), credit may be granted either for specific La Trobe subjects or as unspecified credit towards elective requirements of a La Trobe course.

For La Trobe microcredentials, any advanced standing or stacking pathways are clearly expressed on the course page.   Upon successful completion of the course, you’ll receive a digital credential, which may be used when applying for credit for the relevant degree at La Trobe.

For more details, visit the University’s advanced standing web page.