Cybersecurity Essentials
Course Overview:
This course aims to provide a solid foundation to jump-start your professional career in Cybersecurity.
The state of art learning materials and 24/7 virtual lab environment provided in this course will make effective contributions to your real-life work performances in the industry. A total of 12-hours of live classes, lifetime access to prescribed textbooks, one year of access to extensive learning materials from U-certify, and one on one academic consultations offered in this course will significantly reshape your confidence level and knowledge-based performance in the competitive job market.
In this course, you will learn the cybersecurity basics and know how to work with infrastructure security, network security, security devices, local network security, access control monitoring systems, and external threats. By completing this course, you should be able to master the fundamental concepts and methodologies being used to combat cybercrimes in the contemporary digital world.
Course Structure:
This course integrates a four-part progressive learning pathway starting from your internal work areas to the external territory of world-wide-web, internet, and cloud environments. The four parts of the progressive learning journey are:
A. Securing infrastructure
B. Securing Local Host
C. Securing Local Network, and
D. Securing Perimeter from external threat.
What you need to know (Prerequisite):
- Basic/elementary knowledge on Windows OS, Office Application Packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoints), Internet browsers (e.g., Chrome), Computer devices (Monitor, Mouse, Printer etc.)
This book assumes that you are a competent computer user. That means you have used a computer at work and at home, are comfortable with email and web browsers, and know what words like RAM and USB mean.
Career Opportunities
- Information security officer
- Cyber Risk Officer
- Cybersecurity Architect
Mode of Delivery
- Online – Trainer-led and self-paced
- Face to face – Trainer-led and blended
Prescribed Textbook (Included with the course fee)
J., C., Grow, C., Craig, P. and Short, C., 2018. Cybersecurity Essentials. John Wiley & Sons.
Prescribed Learning Materials (Included with the course fee)
Cybersecurity Essential. uCertify, USA
Course Fee
- AUD$ 1500 + GST / student via any electronic fund transfer.
Introductory Video
Key Features
- Lifetime access to prescribed textbook (ebook)
- 1 year access to uCertify learning materials
- 24/7 access to uCertify virtual lab for 1-year
- 12 hours of trainer-led live classes
- Maximum class size 15
- 2 free one-on-one academic consultation sessions
- 27+ lessons in 4 parts, 154+ quizzes, 686+ Flashcards, 686+ Glossary of terms
- 79+ pre assessment questions, 83+ Post assessment questions
- 51+ virtual live performance lab; 52+ Video tutorial
Who should do the course
- Students preparing for a career in IT, networking, cybersecurity
- Network professionals who want to improve their network security skills
- Management personnel who need to understand the cybersecurity threats they face and basic options for confronting those threats.
- This course can be a great resource to help you prepare certification for the CompTIA Security+ or Microsoft MTA – 98-367
What you will learn
After successful completion of this course the students should be able to:
- Secure IT networks and infrastructure
- Protect data when it passes unprotected territory of the Internet
- Handle Cybersecurity challenges, and techniques
- Possess a professional cybersecurity skillset
Study Load
- Intensive – 2 days (Face to Face only) – 6 to 8 hours class/day
- Regular – 1 week (online and face to face) – 4 x 3-hours classes/per week
- Comfort - 4 weeks (online only) – 3-hours class/week
