Bachelor of Cybersecurity (096351E)

La Trobe's Bachelor of Cybersecurity offers students the opportunity to step into the rapidly evolving digital world of cybersecurity. Students will build a highly specialised technical skillset as they learn about the history of hacking, build their coding expertise, and access industry-based projects and mentoring opportunities with major corporations.

Students will also have the opportunity to complement their  industry-focused learning with a choice of advanced electives in IT, business, law, policy and strategic communication.

Students will learn:

• Cybersecurity fundamentals
  • Learn the basic principles and best practices of cybersecurity. Understand how it mitigates cyber vulnerabilities and protects confidential information.
• Ethical hacking and defence
  • Gain evaluation techniques to assess the security of network configuration and apply these skills to defend against network-based threats.
• Programming and cyber algorithms
  • Explore the widely used Python programming language and learn how algorithms are used to solve cybersecurity challenges.
• Network engineering
  • Study the architecture of computer networks and the internet, and examine protocols and services used in the defence of online information.
• Cyber governance and risk management
  • Learn the frameworks for cybersecurity governance and risk mitigation based on emerging understanding of business strategy and risk appetite.