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.