Course Details

This course is your introduction to the concepts of cyber attack prevention, it is ideal for anyone who is interested in the following:

Protecting yourself from data or identity theft and de-risking personal financial loss.	Protecting your data by training to become cyber aware at home, in public and in workplaces.	This course is your starting point in your career as a Network Engineer or Cyber Security Specialist

Course Outline

The program offers an opportunity to upskill, and protect yourself and your business from future cyber security threats.

Full Time – Blended online, live webinar and face to face delivery 

Course Content

Part 1    Protect your personal information and online profile

BSBXCS301 Protect own personal online profile from cyber security

In this part of the course the student will learn to Identify existing and potential security threats to their own personal online profile by understanding how to do the following:

1. Determine where all their current online accounts and profiles are located
2. How to identify common threats to the security of their online profiles
3. Securely backup and restore data

Part 2    Working Cyber Smart in the workplace

BSBXCS302 Identify and report online security threats

In this part of the course the student will learn the skills and knowledge required to identify and report online security threats to limit potential impact of cyber security breaches in the workplace by understanding the following:

1. Follow internal policies, procedures and plans relating to potential online security breaches
2. Learn how to identify features of common types of potentially fraudulent communications including but not limited to:

• Common types of online scams and security risks, including phishing scams
• Common techniques of phishing and spear phishing used by attackers, including:
• spam email and SMS text
• social engineering, including telephone calls, social media and website requests for information

3. Learn how to implement techniques to verify suspicious requests for information including indicators of insecure connection to websites, in particular where data is being collected.

Part 3    Identify online security threats and implement actions to secure and protect data including disaster recovery methods.

BSBXCS303 Securely manage personally identifiable information and workplace information and BSBXCS402 Promote workplace cyber security awareness and best practices

In this part of the course the student will learn how to handle Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and workplace information responsibly by understanding and demonstrating the following:

1. Implement practices and procedures relating to workplace information including the requirements relating to securely managing PII and workplace information
2. Identify and manage sensitive data in your workplace environment including:

• identifying sensitive data
• securely storing, sharing and managing customer information
• encryption, and protocols for its uses
• data classification
• media and document labelling
• monitoring and reporting faults and malfunctions in IT infrastructure

3. Apply privacy policies to all data devices incorporating Industry best practice including but not limited to:

• • password protection
  • storage locations
  • securely sharing

Course Eligibility

To be eligible to undertake this program you MUST meet the following:

• Australian OR New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident OR a Humanitarian Visa Holder (International Students are not eligible) 

Course Fees

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