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SCCS100: Short Course in Cyber Security

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Campus

Sydney and Melbourne

National Code

NA

CRICOS Code

NA

2023 Course Fees

$250
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Start Dates & Intakes

9th January, 2023
8th January, 2024

Study Options

On campus only.

Duration

4 Weeks

International Applicants

Yes

Course Overview

This course provides students the knowledge and skills regarding practical Cybersecurity. The course will improve the skills of the students to analyze the vulnerability of a system using open-source software. Additionally, the students will learn about Linux shell, python scripting, and apply the knowledge to automate and schedule system scanning and checking for malicious activities. The course also provides an insight into network intrusion detection system and how to identify suspicious network traffics.

Learning outcome:
• Identify and analyse various types of Cyberattacks such as brute-force login prompts.
• Writing Linux shell, Python scripts to automate and schedule system security checking tasks.
• Utilise open-source tools such as NMAP, TCPDUMP for Port and scanning.
• Analyse log files for security events.
• Conduct system vulnerability checking using OpenVAS.
• Conduct various penetration tests on system and application login.
• Select effective countermeasures against common cyber security threats.

Course Specifics

Instructor: Dr Farhad Ahamed (Senior Lecturer, IT)

Dr Farhad Ahamed is a Senior Lecturer of BIT and Cybersecurity at Kent Institute of Australia. He has taught Network and Cybersecurity related units at in various universities and higher education institutes. He has several publications regarding Biometric based authentication and Security in Cloud Computing and is a reviewer of several journals and conferences. His research interests include Internet of Things, Applied Machine Learning and Cybersecurity. Before joining academia, he worked in the Network industry providing multimedia communication and firewall solutions at Blackbox, Telstra and Avaya. He has also worked as an IT Specialist at IBM.

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