Course Overview
Eligibility
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Career & Study Pathways
With the cyber security industry booming, there's huge demand, great pay, and tons of really exciting career pathways for cyber security graduates. Graduates will be ready for exciting roles in security ops, penetration testing, threat intelligence, and more. Potential careers include:
Course Content
Introduction to Cyber Security
Provides a holistic approach to cyber security covering the threat landscape, cyber hygiene, organisational security principles, risk assessment methodologies, risk management frameworks, mitigation strategies and the ethical and legal aspects of cyber security.
Communications
Provides students with an introduction to communications in a business environment, developing ability to identify, gather and present information in a range of oral, written and visual contexts.
Quantitative Methods for Business
Provides a background on data analysis techniques and statistical concepts, exploring methods of data collection and sampling with an emphasis on data quality.
Programming Fundamentals
Introduces programming using Python, covering fundamental programming concepts such as variables, functions, recursion, data structures, and objects using Jupyter Notebook.
Networking Essentials
Provides essential data communications and networking concepts, developing a sound foundation for each layer of the OSI model.
Systems and Database Design
Introduces fundamental principles of database systems, including how organisations structure and manage corporate information within the data processing lifecycle.
Accounting for Business
Business Information Systems
Introduction to Enterprise Management Systems
Introduction to International Business
Business Marketing
Operations and Logistics Management
Applied Cryptography
Provides the necessary background to understand modern cryptographic primitives such as hash functions, symmetric-key ciphers, public-key cryptography, and digital signatures, as well as their use in concrete applications.
Data Analytics
Introduces fundamental concepts underlying data analytics and Big Data, building a solid foundation in frameworks, techniques and tools for descriptive and predictive modelling.
Secure Coding
Further develops programming skills by exposing students to Rust while focusing on security issues, common software vulnerabilities, and best practices regarding the software development life cycle including DevSecOps.
Network and Web Security
Provides knowledge and skills required for network security including wireless networks and web security, addressing specific threats, common vulnerabilities and strategies to mitigate risks.
Cloud Security
Introduces cloud computing with an emphasis on cloud security, covering foundations of cloud computing, different models and architectures, and governance aspects to address vulnerabilities and data security risks.
Cybercrime, Cyberlaw and Cyber-ethics
Provides an extensive theoretical and cross-disciplinary background in cyber security, specifically in the areas of crime, ethics and regulations, including the transnational nature of cybercrime and national laws and international treaties.
Business Process Management
Research Methods
International Law and Politics
International Strategic Management
Production and Service Delivery Systems
Inventory and Asset Management Systems
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Business Law
Organisational Behaviour and Change
Digital Investigations and Forensics
Provides an introduction to digital forensics processes, methods, techniques and tools including chain of custody, data acquisition and recovery, and analysing and reporting evidence.
Cyber Physical Systems and IoT Security
Explores concepts, tools and techniques for securing Cyber Physical Systems and IoT devices, addressing architecture, protocols, threats, vulnerabilities and controls.
Penetration Testing
Provides an introduction to penetration testing (ethical hacking), teaching students to systematically search for potential vulnerabilities in software, protocols and systems and report them.
Cyber Security Operations
Provides a practical approach to security operations covering security architecture, day-to-day operations management including SIEM and SOAR methodologies, and incident response.
Cybergovernance Risk and Compliance
Provides a hands-on introduction to cybersecurity management, presenting cyber governance standards such as NIST CSF and ISO27001, and qualitative and quantitative risk assessment approaches.
Project Management
A theoretical introduction to the management of projects in Cyber Security, equipping students with a solid understanding of project management principles and contemporary techniques and tools.
Capstone Project
A group capstone project where students work as a team for a fictitious company called HACKME, identifying and addressing a practical and complex cybersecurity issue by planning and implementing a comprehensive project.
Common Questions
Students studying cyber security at AIBI Higher Education are eligible for a free AISA (Australian Information Security Association) membership, which is a nationally recognised peak body for cyber security professionals. Additionally, all AIBI HE students are eligible to sign up for a free ACS (Australian Computer Society) membership, the professional association for Australia's technology sector with 48,000+ members.
Students entering the Bachelor of Cyber Security are required to have their own personal laptop. The minimum specifications are an 8th Gen Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5, 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD of storage. The recommended specifications are a 9th Gen Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7, 32GB of RAM and 1TB SSD of storage.
Each subject involves 3 timetabled hours per week (lectures and tutorials) and 9 personal hours of study for a total of 12 hours per week. Classes are normally held across 2 days, for example Tuesday and Thursday, with sessions running from 9am–12pm, 1pm–4pm, or 4:30pm–7:30pm. Most students receive a mix of both online and on campus classes with no more than one third being delivered online.
International students must meet the following English proficiency requirements: IELTS 6.0 Overall with no band less than 5.5, or equivalent; or PTE 52 Overall with no band less than 50, or equivalent. International students must also be 18 or older at the time of course commencement and have completed Year 12 or equivalent (requirements differ per country).
The Capstone Project (CYB360) involves a group of students working together as a team for a fictitious company called HACKME over the course of one trimester. Students identify and select a practical and complex cybersecurity issue faced by HACKME, then plan and implement a comprehensive project in response, drawing on knowledge and skills from previously studied units. Assessment tasks include a Project Pitch and Approval, Project Plan and Proposal, Project Update Report, Project Deliverables, Reflective Journal, and Final Presentation. This capstone project is worth 20 credits.
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