Description

WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?

Essential Eight Essentials Course has been developed and delivered by TAFEcyber. The course has been created in response to industry need for an Essential Eight ‘introductory’ course.

This new 18-hour Essential Eight Essentials Course provides you with the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to understand and contribute to the implementation of the critical mitigation strategies within your organisation.

The Essential Eight Essentials course provides an in-depth introduction to the Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD) Essential Eight Maturity Model. During the course participants will gain an appreciation of the history, context, and overall purpose of the Essential Eight cyber security mitigation strategies as well as an understanding of the key requirements of each mitigation strategy. Learning will be reinforced by practical exercises conducted in a lab environment.

This is a non-accredited short course.

WHO'S IT FOR?

It is ideal for IT professionals, cybersecurity enthusiasts, managers and boards who have oversite of an organisations Cyber maturity and anyone looking to understand and implement the Essential Eight Maturity Model within their organisation

- IT professionals seeking to build foundational knowledge of the Essential Eight.
- Cybersecurity practitioners preparing to undertake the Essential Eight Assessment Course
- Government or corporate staff responsible for implementing or assessing cyber security frameworks
- Security analysts and system administrators looking to strengthen their compliance and risk management skills
- Anyone involved in cyber security remediation planning or maturity model assessments

It's about people as much as technology, encouraging individuals to contribute to a safer digital future.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

At the completion of the training participants will be ready to contribute to the implementation of Essential Eight Maturity Model within their own organisation and will be prepared to undertake the Essential Eight Assessment Course if they do not currently meet eligibility requirements or do not possess the underpinning knowledge required to successfully complete that course.?

Key Topics Include:
- Introduction to Essential Eight and Compliance
- PowerShell Scripting for Security
- Windows Security Policies and Settings
- Application Control and Hardening
- Authentication and Active Directory Security
- Essential Eight Assessment Reporting

ARE YOU READY TO STEP UP?

Please read the mandatory entry requirements and application process below before proceeding to register. If you have any queries or question about the course prior to registering, please contact Prem Paelchen via email prem.paelchen@tafesa.edu.au

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident; and
- possess sufficient literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy to be able to navigate and utilise the various learning and assessment resources provided in the course, PLUS
- A Certificate IV qualification in a technical ICT discipline or greater, or equivalent experience. For example, two years previous industry experience in an IT, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), cyber security or generalist management/administrative role.

Applicants will be vetted to ensure entry requirements are met, including verification of your background and experience. You will be required to provide evidence for verification as part of the registration process into the course. Evidence provided must include the certificate of your IT qualification and or CV. You may be contacted by the Course Coordinator Prem Paelchen to discuss your pre-requisite requirements.

For organisations that wish to pay the student fees for this course and are unable to pay by credit card via the website, please contact the Short Course team via email on shortcourses@tafesa.edu.au to organise a Third Party Payment invoice.