Enhance your technical background and grow your cybersecurity expertise

Our intermediate short courses are designed to help you launch a career in cybersecurity or take on new responsibilities in your current role. They combine essential fundamentals with more advanced topics to provide a well-rounded learning experience.

You can bundle specified 5- and 10-credit point (CP) microcredentials for credit toward La Trobe’s Bachelor or Master of Cybersecurity course.*

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5 CP – The Psychology of Hacking

5 CP – The Psychology of Hacking

Next start date31 July 2023

Fees$850

Duration2 weeks

Hours of learning40

Delivery mode100% online**

Examine the mindsets and motivations of a hacker. This course will also explain some of the most commonly used tactics for a network breach.

Upon completion of this short course, you’ll be able to:

• Critically analyse hacker typologies, mindsets and motivations.
• Critically analyse the various tactics that hackers use in breaching communication networks.

10 CP – Hacking: The Business and Criminological Frames

10 CP – Hacking: The Business and Criminological Frames

Next start dateTo be confirmed

Fees$1,700

Duration4 weeks

Hours of learning80

Delivery mode100% online**

Explore various business models and value chains behind hackers’ activities, including security practices from a business point of view. This course also explores various methods and mechanisms of reducing data breaches.

Advancing on the learning outcomes in The Psychology of Hacking, you’ll be able to:

• Deconstruct and critically analyse the profit models and value chain behind hackers’ activities.
• Critically evaluate standard business security practices from the viewpoint of a hacker.
• Recommend processes and practices to reduce the likelihood of data breaches.

RECOMMENDED PREREQUISITE: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HACKING.