As part of your studies in this certificate, you'll develop the the skills in cyber security and information security fundamentals, including governance, risk, legislative and compliance requirements.

You’ll assess cyber risks and develop strategies for cyber management.

You will also get the opportunity to work on a cyber security strategy project where you’ll conceptualise, develop, and recommend an organisational strategy for a client in partnership with the Cyber Ready Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) at RMIT and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

As a result of this qualification, you will be able to:

• Develop and advise on cyber security risk and governance strategies
• Design and apply governance and corporate compliance frameworks to protect businesses against cyber security risks and threats
• Manage teams, processes and projects to deliver on risk, governance and security outcomes
• Build an understanding of the implications of law, policy, and ethics in cyber security
• Design appropriate security policy frameworks to protect business and information assets
• Interface with technical cyber security teams and individuals at different levels of organisational hierarchy

This graduate certificate has been designed with industry partners IBM, DPC CSU and Palo Alto.

A hands-on strategy project option is delivered in conjunction with RMIT CIC, AWS.

9 months full time, 12 months part time.

Students undertaking this diploma can expect 10-12 hours of study per week, with each term comprising of 10 weeks.

As part of your studies in this qualification, you will undertake the following subjects:

Fundamentals of Cyber Security 

Develop an understanding of the complexity and nuances of cyber security as a technical discipline and apply key concepts to cyber defence, identity, access management (IdAM) and network security. Develop insights into the anatomy and stages of a cyber attack, and discover key security tools and cyber defences.

Cyber Security Governance, Risk and Compliance Management

Explore current and emerging cyber security governance, risk, and compliance requirements. You’ll evaluate risk management concepts and key legal regulatory and compliance frameworks. Assess and quantify cyber risks and apply modelling and strategies to evaluate threats and vulnerabilities.

Cyber Security Resilience and Incident Management

Develop insights and strategies to align cyber security management with organisational needs, assessing cyber security maturity, incident management, and crisis communication capabilities. Foster a strategic approach to creating a security culture and awareness in relation to assets and record management, and design roles and responsibilities, processes, and governance structures for organisational cyber resilience.

Electives

You will choose one from the following four subjects:

Cyber Security Strategy Project

Undertake a project to conceptualise, develop, and recommend organisational strategies for a real client in partnership with the Cyber Ready Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) at RMIT and AWS. Learn how to apply, demonstrate, and reflect your strategic approach to an industry problem. As part of this subject, you’ll design a cyber security solution that will address industry challenges through applying AWS’s digital innovation techniques and approaches.

Data and Privacy in the Digital Age

Develop an advanced understanding of Australian and international privacy laws. Comprehend the value of personal and commercial data and examine the obligations relating to the collection, storage, and use of customer data. Explore the ethical, social, and regulatory implication of key privacy and data topics and the necessary organisational response in the event of a data breach.

Digital Leadership and Digital Delivery with Agile

This elective includes two of RMIT Online’s Future Skills short subjects. The digital leadership component will expose you to the leadership practices and mindsets required to lead product development and product teams. You’ll be introduced to leadership frameworks and models within fast changing digital environments. The agile delivery component will enable you to understand the depth and breadth of agile frameworks, methods, tools and techniques and how to select, blend and apply these broadly across business domains.

Law and Policy for Emerging Technologies

This elective examines the emergence of new technologies and its impacts on modern society, ethics, law, regulation, and policy. You’ll study a range of theories and approaches for developing suitable regulations that are able to keep up and remain flexible with technological change.