Bachelor of IT (Cyber Security)

What you study

1. Bachelor of Information Technology (Cyber Security)

One qualification · About 3 years of full-time study. The Letter of Offer sets the length for each provider.

Programming and secure software, computer networks and network security, cryptography, digital forensics and incident response, ethical hacking and penetration testing. Alongside them, the professional studies: cyber law, ethics and privacy, governance and risk, and the human side of security. Many universities add a capstone or industry project or an internship.

Entry requirements

• Direct entry: high school graduates with a 70% average and the English requirement.
• Many universities also require or assume Year 12 mathematics.
• Diploma or Advanced Diploma of Information Technology graduates. Each university decides the credit.

The route to permanent residence

1. 11StudyStudent visa · 500
2. 22WorkGraduate visa · 485
3. 33Prove your skillsSkills assessment
4. 44Points and nominationEOI · SkillSelect
5. 5★Skilled visa to PR189 / 190 / 491

ACS assesses the skills for ICT Security Specialist after the course. A general guide. Only a Registered Migration Agent can assess eligibility case by case.

Career outcome: ICT Security Specialist

An ICT Security Specialist protects and manages IT systems. The route after the degree:

• The Australian Computer Society assesses an Australian bachelor graduate with a cyber security major under its Post Australian Study pathway
• That pathway requires one year of Australian IT work or the ACS Professional Year

Skills assessment

Occupation: ICT Security Specialist (ANZSCO 262112), on the Department's MLTSSL.

The Australian Computer Society assesses an Australian bachelor graduate with a cyber security major under its Post Australian Study pathway, which requires one year of Australian IT work or the ACS Professional Year.

• Australian Computer Society ↗ACS assesses the skills of an ICT worker for a skilled visa.

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