Master of Cyber Security (Technical)
PostgraduateUSQ-CYB-MAS2025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 2 years full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 16
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Master of Cyber Security (Technical)
About this degree
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- Expertly synthesise and apply advanced Cyber Security specific knowledge, including contemporary and emerging theories and concepts, to a range of business contexts and scenarios.
- Critically examine, analyse, implement, and articulate a range of innovative solutions to a variety of real-life Cyber-Security business scenarios.
- Apply specialise cognitive and technical skills to investigate, critically reflect, and synthesise complex ideas at an abstract level.
- Effectively work in a project environment by contributing to the successful completion of a Cyber Security project.
- Employ a range of oral, written, and digital literacies to transmit complex Cyber Security knowledge in professional and scholarly contexts to a diverse audience.
- Apply principles of integrity and high calibre ethical behaviour in accordance with academic, industry, and professional standards.
- UniSQ's Master of Cyber Security (Technical) enables you to effectively locate and fix vulnerabilities, detect intrusion, and manage cyber risks. Learn to critically examine, analyse and implement a range of innovative intelligent solutions to cyber security business scenarios. You will explore cryptography within network security, big data management and analytics, and the best security practices relating to cloud-based business environments. Be introduced to ethical hacking, where you will analyse and address vulnerabilities in an organisational security systems which a hacker could potentially exploit.
Recommended study pattern
Year 1
CSC5090 Foundations of IT Systems Administration
CSC8100 Cyber Security Architecture
CSC5020 Foundations of Programming
CSC8520 Securing Networks
SCI6101 Science in Practice and 1 x Elective or 2 x Electives or MSC6001 Research Project I
SCI6103 Research Fundamentals & Ethics or Elective or STA6200 Statistics for Quantitative Researchers
CIS5310 IS/ICT Project Management
Year 2
STA6200 Statistics for Quantitative Researchers and SCI6102 Research Skills or STA6200 Statistics for Quantitative Researchers and 1 x Elective or MSC6002 Research Project II
CIS6708 Digital Forensics
CSC8101 Penetration Testing
CIS8711 Cloud Security
CSC8370 Network Security Management
CIS6720 Cyber Security Project
Award requirements
Completion of 16 units as outlined in the Recommended Study Pattern section.Exit points
Graduate Diploma of Cyber Security, Graduate Certificate of Cyber Security.
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Indicative first year fee
$27,200
Indicative total fee $54,400
The amounts shown here are indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.
Fees may vary depending on:
- the subjects you choose
- credit from previous work experience
- your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.
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As Australia’s #1 university for graduate starting salary (Good Universities Guide, 2022), University of Southern Queensland is the right place to make real progress. Regardless of your education history, your age or your aspirations, at UniSQ you’ll be inspired by quality learning experiences matched with top resources and research. Having delivered distance and online learning for over 40+ years, UniSQ supports you to learn at your own pace—exactly how it suits you.
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- 24
- Times Higher Education Ranking 2024:
- 24
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Entry requirements
- 3-year bachelor degree, or equivalent qualification, from a recognised university. Proof of meeting the English Language Proficiency requirements is also required.
- Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the UniSQ Credit and Exemption Procedure. Claims for credit for previous study should be submitted prior to or at the time of enrolment. Each claim will be assessed on individual merit in line with UniSQ policy.
Career opportunities
Career outlook
- Computer Network Professionals:
- $93K to $120K
- Database and Systems Administrators, and ICT Security Specialists:
- Over $120K
- ICT Security Specialists:
- Data unavailable