Cyber crime

Cyber Crime

Work Ready, Training professionals for the fight against Cyber Crime.

In 2019 Cybercrime cost the Australian economy $1 billion (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission). This year rates of cybercrime are even higher, as cyber criminals expoloit the IT changes created by COVID - 19 pandemic, in particular the security vulnerabilities created by people working from home. Businesses are looking to dramatically increase their spending on Cyber Security, during the pandemic and beyond. Vic University is training professionals to meet the demand, with  courses that are designed to meet the needs of industry  Some of the ways we prepare our students to be work ready are:

High achieving students in the Bachelor of Information Technology are eligible to receive a 12 month paid IT internship.

VU Polytechnic's Certificate IV in Cyber Security.   Supported by the Cisco Networking Academy. (Free TAFE)