This micro-credential is ideal for current and aspiring cybersecurity managers. It's valuable for everyone from Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) to IT Security Managers and Security Operations Centre (SOC) Managers.

To enrol, you require an undergraduate degree in any discipline.

This micro-credential has been developed with the Academic Centre of Cybersecurity Excellence (ACCSE) and is closely aligned with industry standards.

Learning and content has been informed by curriculum guidelines developed by the Joint Task Force on Cybersecurity Education as well as ISACA’s Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Body of Knowledge, meaning you can be confident your knowledge is up-to-date, applicable to industry, and that you are well-placed to meet the growing demand for highly knowledgeable cybersecurity managers across sectors such as banking, high-tech manufacturing and government.

By the end of this course, you'll have a deeper understanding of the cybersecurity technologies needed to protect your organisation. You'll be able to:

• Analyse the configuration of cybersecurity technologies in cybersecurity perimeter and interior defences of an organisation
• Construct recommendations addressing the deficiencies in the configuration of cybersecurity technologies in perimeter and interior defences of an organisation.

This course runs over four weeks, which includes one pre-teaching week, two weeks of teaching delivery, and one week for assessment.

Your total time commitment is approximately 42 hours, which includes:

• 8 hours guided online learning
• 15 - 20 hours independent study

• 15 - 20 hours assessment tasks.

Assessment:

• Case analysis of an organisation’s cybersecurity technology deployment (100%).

Once you've completed this course, you will be awarded your Cybersecurity: Technologies for Defence micro-credential. This digital certificate will warrant the achievement of knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the learning outcomes. It may also include artefacts (such as videos and written material) related to both experiential and work-integrated learning, including translatable assessment that is practical to your professional life. You can also share your micro-credential digitally and via social media by adding it to your platforms, such as LinkedIn. See example certificate.

Cybersecurity: Technologies for Defence is part of the Cybersecurity Management series. To take this micro-credential, you first need to complete Cybersecurity in Organisations. You can then go on to take the other micro-credentials in the series to deepen your knowledge and skills.

Cybersecurity Management includes:

• Cybersecurity in Organisations
• Cybersecurity Management Practices
• Cybersecurity: Strategy and Incidence Response
• Cybersecurity: Technologies for Defence.

This micro-credential has been developed with the Academic Centre of Cybersecurity Excellence (ACCSE) based in the University of Melbourne’s School of Computing and Information Systems, meaning learning is backed by leading research.

In our innovative online learning environment, you'll engage with other industry professionals and be guided through relevant case studies and emerging cyber strategy topics and trends. Fully online delivery provides a convenient way to develop your skillset, from a location that suits you.

This micro-credential will expire five years from the date of issue as particular knowledge and/or skills may either need to be refreshed or become outdated.