M0: Orientation: Is cyber for you?
The Australian cyber job market, realistic entry roles, and how to use this course.
M1: Computing & digital foundations
How computers work, operating systems, virtualisation, and your first practice lab.
M2: Networking fundamentals
How data moves between computers (IP, TCP/UDP, ports, DNS, HTTPS) and why attackers care.
M3: Operating systems & the command line
Linux and PowerShell essentials, permissions, processes, and where the logs live.
M4: Security fundamentals
The CIA triad, threat actors, risk vocabulary, crypto basics and core defensive principles.
M5: The Australian cyber context
ASD, the ACSC, the Essential Eight, the ISM, privacy law and the national strategy: the uniquely Australian knowledge employers expect.
M6: Identity & access management
Authentication, MFA, SSO, directories and the identity lifecycle, plus a hands-on hygiene lab on your own accounts.
M7: Threats & social engineering
Phishing, BEC, malware and the psychology of manipulation, plus a safe phishing-analysis lab on your own spam folder.
M8: Defensive operations & the SOC
What a SOC does, how alert triage works, SIEM and EDR tools, incident response, and the ticket-writing skill that gets you hired.
M9: Web & application security
How web apps work and break: the OWASP Top 10, SQL injection, XSS, broken access control, defences, and legal places to practise.
M10: Governance, risk & compliance (GRC)
What GRC really is: risk fundamentals, the frameworks landscape, audits, policy hierarchy, vendor risk, and a day in a junior GRC analyst's life.
M11: Cloud security fundamentals
What the cloud actually is, the shared responsibility model, how cloud really gets breached, and free cloud certs worth studying.
M12, Capstone: put it all together
A choose-your-track capstone (CTF write-ups for the SOC pathway or a mini security assessment for the GRC pathway) that becomes your portfolio.
M13: Career launch
Your Security+ exam plan, free accredited study options, Australian pathway programs, communities, and how to actually land the first role.