Cyber Security Accreditation Course (MAICS)
The Institute's most advanced program, taking experienced practitioners from the Australian threat landscape through risk assessment, security planning, operations and incident response, and finishing with a professional capstone that is marked by a person rather than a machine.
Who this course is for
This is the accreditation pathway, and it assumes you already work in or alongside cyber security rather than starting from nothing. It suits practitioners who are expected to assess risk, write or approve a security plan, and hold a position when an incident is underway. If you are new to the field, Foundations of Cyber Security is the better starting point.
What the course covers
Module 1: The Cyber Security Landscape
How the Australian threat environment actually behaves, who is being targeted and by what methods, so that everything you assess later rests on the real picture rather than a generic one.
Module 2: Risk Assessment and Security Planning
Regulatory and compliance obligations in Australia, risk frameworks and methodologies, asset identification and classification, conducting a cyber risk assessment, business impact analysis, and developing a security plan and security policy. The module closes with an assessment.
Module 3: Cyber Security Operations and Incident Response
Security controls and the Essential Eight, network and endpoint security, identity and access management, business email compromise, incident response planning, digital forensics fundamentals, conducting a cyber incident drill, and post incident review and continuous improvement. The module closes with an assessment.
Module 4: Capstone Assessment
Integrated cyber security practice, where the earlier modules are brought together and applied to a single scenario rather than tested in isolation.
How you are assessed
Each module carries its own assessment, and every question is written so that the correct answer can be reasoned from the material rather than recalled by position. The capstone is different. You submit a professional response to a brief and it is marked by a human assessor, because judgement in a real incident cannot be measured by multiple choice. All required items must be completed for the course to be recorded as complete.
What you receive
On completion the Institute issues your credential, which carries a verification reference that any third party can check independently. Your progress, results and credential remain available in your member learning area.
Before you enrol
An active AICS membership is required before enrolment, and enrolment opens once your membership is approved.
Create your account, complete membership, then enrol.