Cybersecurity Curriculum

The Master of Cybersecurity is designed to provide knowledge and skillsets in the cybersecurity field, covering both technical topics as well as management and political/social aspects of cybersecurity. Students will have the opportunity to undertake a specialisation in Cryptography and Blockchains, Cloud Security, or Data and Information Security.

Sydney Cybersecurity Online offers a 24-credit point Graduate Certificate, a 48-credit point Graduate Diploma, and a 72-credit point Masters Degree. Students who complete either the Graduate Certificate or 24 credits of the Graduate Diploma with a minimum 65% credit average can apply to complete the full Masters Degree even if they do not meet the cognate degree requirements. 

Cybersecurity Coursework

Cybersecurity Core
Grad Cert: 12 Credit Points Required
Grad Diploma: 12 Credit Points Required
Masters: 12 Credit Points Required
Professional Core
Grad Diploma: 12 Credit Points Required
Masters: 12 Credit Points Required
Specialisation (Unspecified Specialisation)
Grad Cert: 12 Credit Points Required
Grad Diploma: 18 Credit Points Required
Masters: 24 Credit Points Required
Cybersecurity
Applied Cryptography
Empirical Security Analysis and Engineering
Applied Cybersecurity
Cloud Security
Data Privacy: Theory and Practice
Elective
Grad Diploma: Choose 6 credits
Masters: Choose 12 Credit Points
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Advance Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Cloud Computing
Parallel and Distributed Computing
Project
Masters: 12 Credit Points Required
Capstone Project (x2)

Masters Specialisations

Students may choose to specialise in one of the areas below. If a specialisation is chosen, students would replace the 18 Credit Points of “unspecified” specialisation core courses with the applicable specialisation core courses.

Cloud Security: Design and implement cryptographic systems in cloud, blockchain and general information technology. Specialisation core courses:

  • Cloud Computing
  • Applied Cybersecurity
  • Cloud Security

Cryptography and Blockchains: Collect, process, and manage data in both regulatory and technical perspectives. Specialisation core courses:

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • Empirical Security Analysis and Engineering
  • Applied Cryptography

Data and Information Security: Design, deploy and maintain highly secure cloud infrastructure. Specialisation core courses:

  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Privacy: Theory and Practice
  • Cloud Security