Master of Cybersecurity- Data and Information Security in Darlington Australia | The University of Sydney

The University of Sydney | Darlington Australia
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Qualification
Masters Degree (Coursework)
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
AUD 53,000
(c. USD37,789.64)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
18 months

The Data and Information Security specialization equips students with theoretical knowledge, design principles, and hands-on skills needed for proper data collection, processing, and management from both regulatory and technical standpoints.
This program focuses on corporate governance, organizational frameworks, risk evaluation, and control mechanisms for safeguarding data and information.

As organizations gain unprecedented capacity to gather sensitive personal and commercial data, information security has emerged as a critical component of cybersecurity.

With regulatory bodies implementing new privacy and security standards, public awareness about digital data protection continues to rise.
This program prepares you to take leadership roles in this rapidly expanding field of national significance. Develop advanced knowledge of offensive and defensive tactics, evaluate system security, and implement cybersecurity measures across organizations.
The Master of Cybersecurity program caters to professionals aspiring to become industry leaders and technical specialists in a field expected to create 17,000 new cybersecurity roles in the coming five years.
Graduates will gain specialized expertise in creating, evaluating, implementing, and maintaining cybersecurity systems and solutions.

You'll develop cutting-edge skills for an industry forecasted to nearly triple in size within five years1, requiring 17,000 additional cybersecurity professionals2.

The program also provides comprehensive understanding of core cybersecurity principles and emerging trends, technical capabilities to identify and analyze security threats, knowledge of privacy regulations, and skills to effectively communicate findings to diverse audiences.


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Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.5

Qualification Requirements

To be eligible for admission, an applicant is required to have:

a three year Australian bachelor's degree in a cognate discipline with a minimum credit average (65 percent), or
the University of Sydney Graduate Diploma in Cybersecurity with a minimum credit average (65 percent), or a qualification deemed to be equivalent, or
completed 24 credit points of the University of Sydney Graduate Diploma in Cybersecurity or Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity with a minimum credit average (65 percent). The 24 credit points must include 12 credit points of Cybersecurity Core units and 12 credit points of Cybersecurity specialist elective units, and
a major or minor in information technologies (IT) or computer science, or equivalent in volume of learning as determined by the program directors is required for this discipline
IELTS- A minimum result of 6.5 overall and a minimum result of 6.0 in each band
TOEFL - IBT score A minimum result of 85 overall including a minimum result of 17 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 19 in Writing

Tuition AUD 53,000

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