Master of Cyber Security (Governance Risk & Compliance)

Overview

• Risk management is at the core of protecting an organisation against cyber threats, while enabling operational and innovative business activity.
• By studying UniSQ's Master of Cyber Security (Governance Risk and Compliance), you will build practical governance knowledge and executive communication skills to be able to implement effective cyber security protection strategies.
• This specialisation introduces processes for planning, responding, recovering and reporting on security breach incidents, provided through different perspectives such as technical, business and media impact.
• Develop your management and leadership skills of cyber security teams, and gain an understanding of privacy and protection laws and digital forensic investigations.
• The hands-on capstone research project will harness your skills to work with industry and apply theory to practice in a collaborative, laboratory environment at UniSQ or in your own workplace.

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Career outcomes

• Graduates will gain a well-rounded skillset that is globally transferrable with skills ranging from risk and compliance within cyber-governance, IoT, data mining, digital forensics, and cloud security.
• You can apply your knowledge to a range of contexts and scenarios in government, law enforcement and industry.

Degree structure

To complete this degree students must complete 16 units. Most courses (similar to 'subjects') are valued at 1 unit. To study full-time you would usually complete 4 units per semester.

Courses to be studied Units Core courses 10 4 x specialisation courses 4 1 x capstone project course 2 Total 16

Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for courses to be studied and recommended enrolment patterns.

Other specialisations

• Business Application
• Technical

How to apply

Complete your online application directly to UniSQ.

Apply direct to UniSQ

The closing dates for applying directly to UniSQ are:

• Semester 1, 2023 - applications close on 20 February and the Semester 1 study period commences on Monday 20 February, 2023.
• Semester 2, 2023 - applications close on 10 July and the Semester 2 study period commences on Monday 10 July, 2023.
• Semester 3, 2023 - applications close on 13 November and Semester 3 study period commences on Monday 13 November, 2023.

Select to start your degree in one of the following intakes:

• Trimester 1, 2024 - applications close 22 January 2024 and the Trimester 1 study period starts on 22 January 2024.
• Trimester 2, 2024 - applications close 13 May 2024 and the Trimester 2 study period starts on 13 May 2024.
• Trimester 3, 2024 - applications close 2 September 2024 and the Trimester 3 study period starts on 2 September 2024.

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