Program Overview

Our Diploma is equivalent to the 1st year of a La Trobe University degree – only with tailored learning and more support.

Diploma of Cybersecurity

Our new pathway program in cybersecurity offers you the opportunity to step into the rapidly evolving digital world of cybersecurity.
Upon completion of the diploma, you will enter the second year of the Bachelor of Cybersecurity at La Trobe University.
Students will build a highly specialised technical skillset as you learn about the history of hacking, build your coding expertise, and access industry-based projects and mentoring opportunities with major corporations.

As a cybersecurity expert you will learn to:

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 your emerging understanding of business strategy and risk appetite.

Gain direct entry into 2nd year of: 

Bachelor of Information Technology
The world is drawing closer together. As the speed and quality of digital technologies continues to evolve, we need more passionate professionals who can create meaningful solutions and connections.

Designed to help you build our digital future, La Trobe's Bachelor of Information Technology equips you with skills across programming, networking, databases, systems analysis and design, and project management.

Along with building a strong set of core IT skills you can choose to major in one of several areas aligned to future industry growth including artificial intelligence, cloud analytics, cybersecurity, network engineering or information systems.

Broaden your knowledge and capabilities further through a wide range of electives. Combine your core IT skills with business, social sciences, humanities, web engineering, computer technology, security and information systems analysis subjects. Plus you could develop a software program of your own, which you could present at the annual Engineering and IT Showcase to potential employers.

With industry-based projects and CISCO certification embedded in the course, you'll receive professional mentoring opportunities as you build career ready skills. You'll also gain access to our expert research centres, including the Centre for Technology Infusion and our state-of-the-art Technology Innovation Lab for the Internet of Things – developed in collaboration with Microsoft and CISCO.

You'll learn:

• Web and software development - Develop and build websites and software. Administer the front end, back end and server side of websites and IT systems.
• IT systems analysis and design - Understand and analyse IT systems to deliver more efficient and effective IT solutions for your organisation.
• Design - Learn about software, system and network design so you can contribute to making better programs and infrastructure.
• Programming and networking - Learn the language of computers and how they communicate with one another to create working code and smarter systems.
• Project management, estimation, documentation and report evaluation - IT is more than just computers. Learning to manage projects and communicate effectively is a must in any organisational environment.

Major: Data Science
Learn how to collect and interpret data – the language of the modern world. Explore advanced concepts in computing, mathematics and statistics and learn to identify patterns, predict trends and support strategic decision-making that can change the way we deal with today’s challenges.