Digital Forensics and Network Defence Essentials

What is this Micro-Credential about?

The Network Defender’s unique selling point is to rapidly upskill staff to provide digital forensics support in future investigations of possible digital incidents or cycle crimes with the organisations network, devices, and data. These skills can help with possible prosecutions or identification of offenders, and provide evidences to help the IT team to develop improved systems of defence within the network, devices, or data.

Why study?

The IT industry has a shortage of competent staff with these skills of digital forensics to help organisations investigate, recover and enhance network systems from intrusions and or cybercrimes.

Learning Experience

• Four Synchronous group webinars review content, provide industry updates, and prepare learners for the assessment project.
• Six asynchronous modules engage learners in discussions, and reflection to track competency, engagement, and progression.
• iLab activities – a secure online space for practicing skills and tools for digitalforensics and network defence arising from those forensic skills.
• One summative assessment

Prerequisites

• Basic IT and information security/network security knowledge equivalent to level 5 or above or related work experience.
• Preferably those with Bachelor degree/diploma in IT.
• Able to perform basic IT tasks such as installing software, using operating systems like Windows or Linux, creating a basic network, and supporting its day-to-day routine functions.

Value to the learner

Competent in investigating incidences and cybercrimes by providing evidence to support defence developments. These skills are valuable for those learners seeking roles in IT management and protection of organisational networks and services.

Value to the market

Those employees with digital forensics skills will be competent to meet the current market shortage of those who can provide network and digital service protection through incident investigation which results can be used for the prosecution corporate and improving network defence.