The ICT50220 Diploma of Information Technology is an Australian nationally recognised cyber security course that immerses you in the dynamic field of digital protection. Begin this cyber security course with no prior experience, engaging in an industry where you learn cyber security through practical challenges. You’ll master essential IT security skills, such as countering phishing threats and securing network systems, to safeguard critical digital infrastructure. These cyber security courses connect your curiosity to a professional career, equipping you for key roles in Australia’s growing tech industry while enhancing your ability to address digital risks in daily life. Whether you’re motivated to protect organizations or intrigued by mastering cyber defense, this study experience fosters inquiry and opens doors to a diverse range of career possibilities. Explore hands-on learning and uncover why cyber security is essential for excelling in both professional and personal digital landscapes.
Subjects
S01. Fundamentals of Cyber Security
S02. Cyber Security Applications & Software
S03. Cloud Security
S04. Network Security & Hardware
S05. IP and Ethical Practice
S06. Practical Labs & Business Application
Core Achieved Skills:
- Introduction to the Cyber Security Industry: You’ll gain expertise in navigating the cyber security field, acquiring knowledge of professional roles, industry benchmarks, and cutting-edge trends to launch your career.
- Mind of the Criminal: You’ll learn to think like a cyber criminal, studying their strategies and motivations to predict attacks, enhance protections, and outwit digital adversaries.
- Phishing: You’ll master the art of detecting phishing attempts, learning to scrutinize suspicious emails, secure user credentials, and deploy anti-phishing measures to shield organizations.
- Social Engineering: You’ll hone skills to counter manipulative ploys like pretexting, developing techniques to identify psychological tricks, craft training programs, and bolster human defenses.
- Fundamentals of Information Security: You’ll develop proficiency in safeguarding data, mastering confidentiality, integrity, and availability principles, alongside risk assessment to fortify security frameworks.
- Network Security: You’ll acquire the ability to defend networks, gaining skills in configuring intrusion detection tools, analyzing network traffic, and stopping cyber threats.
- Cryptography: You’ll build expertise in securing data, learning symmetric and asymmetric encryption methods and cryptographic protocols to ensure robust communication channels.
- Application Security: You’ll cultivate secure coding techniques, gaining proficiency in testing applications and resolving vulnerabilities to create attack-resistant software.
- Incident Response: You’ll sharpen your ability to manage security incidents, learning breach detection, forensic evidence analysis, and system recovery strategies.
- Legal, Ethical, and Compliance Issues: You’ll navigate cyber security regulations, acquiring knowledge of privacy laws like GDPR and ethical hacking practices to uphold integrity.
- Emerging Threats and Technologies: You’ll stay ahead of new risks, mastering AI and machine learning applications to combat evolving cyber threats with innovative tools.
- Cyber Security Policies & Procedures: You’ll craft effective security policies, developing skills to promote best practices and foster a vigilant organizational culture.
- Penetration Testing: You’ll master ethical hacking, learning to simulate cyber attacks, uncover system vulnerabilities, and propose robust defenses to strengthen security.
- Firewalls: You’ll gain expertise in firewall management, developing skills to configure traffic filters, block unauthorized access, and monitor threats dynamically.
- VPN (Virtual Private Networks): You’ll learn to deploy secure VPNs, acquiring techniques to encrypt data flows, protect remote connections, and ensure network confidentiality.
- Identity and Access Management (IAM): You’ll build proficiency in user access control, mastering authentication methods, permission settings, and identity verification to secure systems.
- Feasibility Reports: You’ll develop analytical skills to evaluate security solutions, learning to assess risks, estimate costs, and draft strategic reports for decision-making.
- Vulnerability Assessments: You’ll hone expertise in system scanning, gaining skills to identify weaknesses, prioritize risks, and recommend targeted mitigation strategies.
- Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking: You’ll refine your ability to tackle cyber challenges, learning to analyze risks, devise response strategies, and resolve issues with precision.
- Solution-Focused Mindset: You’ll cultivate a forward-thinking approach, gaining skills to innovate secure systems and mitigate risks in fast-evolving cyber landscapes.
- Adaptability: You’ll thrive amid changing threats, mastering new tools and addressing emerging challenges to lead in cyber security innovation.
Guided by our expert instructors, you’ll acquire a solid foundation of technical and professional skills through hands-on projects, empowering you to become a passionate poineer of digital security.
QLD Government Subsidy:
EQC Institute is an approved Skills Assure Supplier (SAS) under the Queensland Government’s Career Boost program. If you are a Queensland resident, an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or other approved category of person, you may be eligible for a subsidised place under the Queensland Government Career Boost program.
What is Career Boost?Career Boost is designed to do exactly that – give your career a boost. Career Boost aims to take your career to the next level, enabling you to grow and apply your skills to existing or new job roles and to support productivity growth and workplace innovation. EQC offers a General Training pathway for Career Boost student participants. This means training is open for direct enrolment and you do not need to enter into a training contract with an employer. This training focuses on building priority skill sets. You can access this funding once– for a qualification of your choice and if eligible up to two subsidised skill sets.
Course fees:
Full Course Fee: $5,200
Non-Concession Fee: $1,490
This fee is paid weekly as $46.50 per week.
Concession Holder Fee: $371
This fee is paid weekly as $11.50 per week
Eligibility criteria for QLD Government Funding:
To be eligible for QLD Government funding for this course, you must:
i. On campus students: 18 years or older. For online students please contact us;
ii. Not be a school student;
iii. Be a permanent Queensland resident;
iv. Be an Australian citizen, or Australian permanent resident (includes humanitarian entrant), or a temporary resident with the right visa and work permits on the pathway to permanent residency, or a New Zealand citizen;
v. Not already have a Certificate IV or higher qualification (including tertiary qualification) completed within the last 10 years (qualifications completed as a school student, and foundation skills qualifications, do not count).
vi. Not be enrolled in any other qualification, whether funded or unfunded, except for foundation skills qualifications.
Concession Eligibility:
To be eligible for a concession, you will need to show one of the following:
- You hold a Health Care or Pensioner Concession Card issued under Commonwealth law
- You are the partner or dependent of a person who is entitled to concessions under a Health Care, Veteran or Pensioner Concession Card
- You identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person
- You have a disability
- You are an adult prisoner
Fees and Co-contribution
The Queensland Government contracts approved providers to deliver education and training in key priority areas to Queenslanders. EQC Institute’s ICT50220 Diploma of Information Technology is an approved course and EQC Institute is an approved provider within the Skills Assure Supplier (SAS) network. You can specialise in either back end web development (coding) or cyber security (which also includes business analysis).
What Fees Apply?
If you are eligible for a subsidy, the set subsidy amount will be paid by the Queensland Government upon successful processing of your enrolment. Our friendly team will assist you to determine your eligibility and complete your enrolment as simply as possible.The Queensland Government makes it compulsory for education providers in the Career Boost program in the Diploma of IT, to charge a student fee, which is called the “Co-contribution fee”. This means that all RTOs offering that program under the SAS program, must charge a Co-contribution fee. The Government requires a Co-contribution fee because the increased benefits of advanced-level training, such as improved job opportunities and higher earning potential. The fee represents total costs to the student for the qualification, including materials costs. You will not be charged more for tuition or materials. You could be charged for ad hoc administrative matters requested by you, such as re-issue of a parchment (certificate). That sort of fee is set out in our Administrative Fees Schedule. However, all of your learning materials and tuition are covered by your Co-contribution fee.The Co-contribution fee for non-concessional card holders in Queensland is $1,490 for non-concession applicants and $371 for concession applicants.
How can you pay the Co-contribution fee?
If you think you may be eligible for a funded place, you will need to let us know how you would like to pay your portion of the total fee: up front payment, or payment by instalments (a payment plan). We will never ask you to pay more than 30% of your Co-contribution fee up front. Call us on 1800 338 883 or apply below to see if you are eligible for the subsidy.
Careers in Information Technology and Cyber Security:
Information Technology is not just an industry. It is a language and foundation that the world of today is built upon. No longer are these skills specialised, they affect the everyday life of every person and the need for people who understand this new foundation is massive. Information Technology and Cyber Security effects every business, every industry, every life on this planet. Once you learn the skills the career and life options are endless. Welcome to the building blocks of the future.
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