QCTO Accredited Occupational Qualification:
Cybersecurity Analyst
Full Qualification | NQF Level 5 | SAQA ID – 118986
Protect your organisation’s networks, systems and information assets with our Cybersecurity Analyst Occupational Qualification.
- Duration: 14 months
- Credits: 173
- Internationally Recognised QCTO Certificate
Understanding the Cybersecurity Analyst Qualification
Cybersecurity Analyst Overview
The Cybersecurity Analyst Occupational Qualification prepares staff to find where an organisation is exposed, evaluate the protection already in place, and put detection, prevention and response measures in that actually hold. Learners cover network security and defence, cyber threats and ethical hacking, database vulnerabilities, and the legislation and standards that govern cybersecurity compliance.
The weighting sits firmly on doing the work rather than describing the threat landscape: assessment, mitigation and compliance account for the bulk of the practical and workplace credits. Your organisation gets someone who can run a risk assessment, act on the findings, and evidence compliance afterwards.
What individuals will learn
- Cybersecurity fundamentals including phishing, malware, identity theft and social engineering
- Network security and defence principles and techniques
- Cyber threats, attacks and ethical hacking, and the risks attached to each
- Cybersecurity governance, legislation and ethics in the workplace
- Fundamentals of design thinking and innovation
- Logical thinking and calculations applied to security and networking work
- Computers, devices and computing systems, including networks and connectivity
- Data and database vulnerabilities
- The impact of 4IR on business and the skills it demands
- Assessing risk, vulnerabilities and an organisation's current security posture
- Implementing protection, prevention and detection measures to mitigate risk
- Basic scripting for cybersecurity toolsets
- Ensuring compliance with national and international cybersecurity standards
Details to know
Our occupational qualifications are conducted with maximum use of practical application of the skills acquired. After facilitator led training has taken place via the course material, group work and scenario driven exchanges, learners will have the opportunity to relate the information back to their workplace. We offer a fun and relaxed learning environment, where participants will learn from each other, gain knowledge and acquire skills that will result in improved work performance.
This qualification is designed for any individual who is, or wishes to be, part of the information and communication technology (ICT) industry. It will give students the skills they need to excel in this area of your organisation.
Learners will need competency in the following areas:
- NQF Level 4
After completing a Cybersecurity Analyst Occupational Qualification an individual can work in the following roles:
- Cybersecurity Analyst
- Information Security Analyst
- Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst
- Network Security Analyst
- Vulnerability Assessment Analyst
- Incident Response Analyst
- IT Risk and Compliance Analyst
This Occupational Qualification is fully accredited with QCTO. By choosing an Occupational Qualification that is accredited with QCTO, you can ensure you obtain BEE points for your Skills Development efforts and your students receive an education that is of high quality.
Businesses that we have done staff training for:
How to make the most of a Cybersecurity Analyst QCTO Qualification
Why choose this Qualification?
Assessment and mitigation carry the practical load. PM-01 Assess Risks and Vulnerabilities and PM-02 Implement Protection, Prevention and Detection Measures are worth 20 credits each, 40 of the 68 practical credits. That is a deliberate weighting toward the two activities that reduce an organisation’s actual exposure, rather than toward tool familiarity.
Compliance is built into the qualification, not bolted on. Cybersecurity governance and legislation appears as a knowledge module, again as a dedicated practical module on national and international standards, and again as a 12-credit work experience module. For any organisation carrying POPIA obligations or client security requirements, that thread through the qualification is the part that protects you commercially.
Fifty-two credits of supervised workplace practice. Work experience covers legal compliance, risk assessment and mitigation, and detection, protection and prevention processes, the last two at 20 credits each. Learners have already run these processes in a real environment before they take responsibility for them.
Cybersecurity Analyst NQF Level 5 Module Breakdown
Qualification Breakdown
KM-01 Introduction to Cybersecurity (Credits 8)
KM-02 Fundamentals of Network Security and Defence (Network Defender) (Credits 12)
KM-03 Cybersecurity and Cyber Threats and Attacks (Ethical Hacking) (Credits 12)
KM-04 Introduction to Cybersecurity Governance, Legislation and Ethics (Credits 4)
KM-05 Fundamentals of Design Thinking and Innovation (Credits 1)
KM-06 Refresher: Logical Thinking and Basic Calculations (Credits 3)
KM-07 Computers, Devices and Computing Systems (Credits 6)
KM-08 Data and Databases Vulnerabilities (Credits 3)
KM-09 Introduction to 4IR and Future Skills (Credits 4)
PM-01 Assess Risks and Vulnerabilities and Evaluate Current Security Measures (Credits 20)
PM-02 Implement Protection, Prevention and Detection Measures to Mitigate Risk, Violations and Vulnerabilities (Credits 20)
PM-03 Apply Logical Thinking and Maths: Refresher (Credits 6)
PM-04 Ensure Compliance in terms of Legal Cybersecurity Requirements and National and International Standards (Credits 4)
PM-05 Apply Basic Scriptwriting for Cybersecurity Toolsets (Credits 4)
PM-06 Access and Visualise Structured Data Using Spreadsheets: Refresher (Credits 5)
PM-07 Applying Design Thinking Methodologies (Credits 4)
PM-08 Function Ethically and Effectively as a Member of a Multidisciplinary Team (Credits 5)
WM-01 Compliance with Legal Cybersecurity Requirements (Credits 12)
WM-02 Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Mitigation (Credits 20)
WM-03 Cybersecurity Detection, Protection and Prevention Processes (Credits 20)
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