Why Study / Key Benefits

The Graduate Certificate of Cyber Security Management is an online postgraduate qualification focused on the management and governance side of cybersecurity rather than purely technical cybersecurity.

Key benefits include:

• Develop knowledge of hacking behaviour, social engineering and human factors.
• Learn how cybersecurity teams and operations can be managed.
• Develop understanding of cybersecurity governance and its relationship with business needs.
• Explore cybersecurity law, policy and ethics.
• Develop knowledge of networks and cybersecurity frameworks.
• Suitable for professionals seeking to move into or strengthen a support or management role in cybersecurity.
• Swinburne Online describes its learning environment as 100% online, flexible and designed to allow students to study at their own pace.
• The programme is delivered by Swinburne Online rather than as an on-campus Hawthorn course.

Programme Structure and Subjects / Topics

The Graduate Certificate consists entirely of four core units worth 12.5 credit points each, for a total of 50 credit points.

1. How to Think Like a Hacker: an anatomy of cyber attacks
   • Unit code: CYB60001
   • 12.5 credit points
2. Cybersecurity Operations Management
   • Unit code: CYB60002
   • 12.5 credit points
3. Cyber Security Law, Policy and Ethics
   • Unit code: CYB60003
   • 12.5 credit points
4. Networks and Cybersecurity Frameworks
   • Unit code: CYB60004
   • 12.5 credit points

The programme therefore combines:

• Cyber attack and hacker behaviour
• Social engineering and human factors
• Cybersecurity operations
• Cybersecurity management
• Cybersecurity governance
• Networks
• Cybersecurity frameworks
• Cyber law
• Policy
• Ethics

Disciplines / Specialisations

There is no separate specialisation choice within this 50-credit-point Graduate Certificate.

The main discipline is:

• Cyber Security Management

Related knowledge areas identified by Swinburne include:

• Cyber Security
• Information Technology
• Network Security
• Project Management
• Software development
• Programming.

Programme Highlights

• Postgraduate Graduate Certificate qualification.
• 6 months full-time.
• Equivalent part-time option.
• 100% online delivery.
• 50 credit points.
• Four core units.
• CRICOS code 001742J.
• Focus on cybersecurity management rather than only technical cybersecurity.
• Covers hacking behaviour, cybersecurity operations, law, policy, ethics, networks and cybersecurity frameworks.
• Designed for students seeking support or management roles within cybersecurity.
• Flexible Swinburne Online learning environment.

Career Outcomes

Swinburne identifies the following career areas/roles in connection with the course:

• Entrepreneur
• Software Developer
• Software Manager
• Programmer
• Consultant.

Latest Updates / Special Requirements

The most important current consideration for international students is the delivery mode.

Although the qualification has a CRICOS code, Swinburne explicitly states that international students in Australia who hold a Student visa must study full-time and on campus. Courses taught entirely online are available to international students studying outside Australia or to people in Australia who are not on a Student visa.

Therefore:

• International student studying from outside Australia: online study is available.
• International student physically in Australia on a Student visa: this entirely online course is not available under that visa arrangement.
• Student visa holders should not assume that the CRICOS registration makes an entirely online course suitable for Student visa study.

Other important requirements:

• Recognised bachelor's degree + three years managerial experience, or
• Five years managerial experience through non-graduate special entry.
• IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0, or approved equivalent.
• 50 credit points of prescribed core units.
• Credit/RPL is assessed case-by-case.

International Student Visa Requirements

This programme requires particular care regarding visa eligibility because it is 100% online.

Swinburne explicitly states that:

“International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus.”

It further states that entirely online courses are available to international students studying outside Australia or people in Australia who are not on a Student visa.

Accordingly, an international student who wants to study this qualification online from outside Australia generally does not need an Australian Student visa for the online study itself. If the student intends to travel to Australia and study while holding a Student visa, this particular online-only course is not suitable under Swinburne's stated Student visa arrangement.

For a Student visa (subclass 500), the Australian Department of Home Affairs generally requires:

• Online visa application.
• Enrolment in an eligible course in Australia.
• Valid Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) when the visa is decided.
• Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), unless exempt.
• Meeting health and character requirements.
• Meeting the Genuine Student requirement.
• Any required evidence of financial capacity.
• Compliance with all visa conditions.