Academic Course brief
Experience the opportunity to investigate the wide reaching influences that computers and digital technologies have on the world, make your own contributions and find your place in this fast-growing sector!
This course is intended to help students better understand cyber threats and vulnerabilities, as well as cyber defense methods and incident response procedures. Students will learn both timeless concepts and the most recent developments in the fields of theory, jargon, models, and fortification. In this activity, students will look at the nature of threats, who might be affected by them, and what everyone has to do to keep cyberspace safe.
Information assurance responsibilities and roles will be discussed, along with the dynamics of cybercrime and cyber threat actors. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure will be looked at to find threats and weaknesses that could be fixed with strategic measures.
Targeted Audience
Students who want to work in the field of information technology, specifically in network management or cybersecurity, can take this course.
Course Objective
Students should be given an in-depth understanding of the ideas behind computers and networking and prepared for the problems that they will face in order to stand out in the employment market.
Career Path
Successful candidates can expect to find employment opportunities in various areas, such as:
- Ethical hacking
- Penetration tester
- Cybersecurity analyst
- Cybersecurity administrator
- Cybersecurity engineer
- Cybersecurity specialist
- Systems engineers
- Cybersecurity Educator or Trainer.
- Information Security Officer (CISO).
- Forensic Computer Analyst.
- Security Sales and Marketing.
- Security Consultant.
- Penetration Tester (Ethical Hacker).
- Security Software Developer.
- Security Compliance Analyst.
- BTEC Level 3 Qualification in Computing.
- Secondary School Certificate equivalent to 12 years of school.
- English Requirement.
- An overall IELTS band score of at least 5.0, with no individual module scoring below 5.0, or an equivalent English language proficiency qualification”
