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Offensive Cyber Security and Penetration Testing

Undergraduate | TAS-ZAT215 | 2022

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks

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Offensive Cyber Security and Penetration Testing

About this subject

  • Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

    1. Analyse the legal and ethical aspects of offensive cyber security

    2. Apply the basic steps of penetration testing

    3. Communicate information from a penetration testing process


Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

  • TAS-ATS-ADG-2022 - Associate Degree in Applied Technologies (Cyber Security)

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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Related degrees

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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