Diploma in Infocomm and Digital Media (Cyber Security)

Applicants with any of the following qualifications are invited to apply for the Part-Time diploma:

a) The following GCE 'O' Level grades and with at least 1 year of relevant working experience:

• English Language Grade 1 – 7
• Mathematics (Elementary or Additional) Grade 1 – 6
• Science Grade 1 – 6

OR
b) Nitec with GPA >= 3.5 in an engineering or information technology discipline.

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c) Nitec with GPA >= 3.0 in an engineering or information technology discipline and with at least 1 year of relevant working experience.

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d) Nitec in Technology with GPA >= 3.5 in an engineering or information technology discipline and with at least 1 year of relevant working experience.

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e) Higher Nitec in an engineering or information technology discipline with GPA >=2.0

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f) Higher Nitec in an engineering or information technology discipline with GPA >=1.5 and at least 1 year of relevant working experience.

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g) Higher Nitec in Technology in an engineering or information technology discipline with GPA >=2.0 and at least 1 year of relevant working experience.

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h) Relevant WSQ Advanced Certificate (or higher) with at at least 1 year of relevant working experience and Level 6 for both WSQ Workplace Literacy SOA & Workplace Numeracy SOA

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i) Applicant with none of the qualifications listed above but at least 2 years of relevant working experience.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Applicants who do not meet the entry requirements may be considered for admission to the course based on supporting evidence of competency readiness. Suitable applicants who are shortlisted may have to go through an interview and/or entrance test. The Polytechnic reserves the right to shortlist and admit applicants.

Working adults who wish to acquire skills and knowledge which would help them seek a job in the cyber security industry or to progress in their cyber security career.

Programming is taught in this infocomm diploma, which may be challenging to some students. For some examples on what students will learn about programming, interested applicants can check out the following online video on JavaScript:

• Learn JavaScript in 7 minutes

Students of this course can sign up to attempt the EC Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) examination with online self-study course materials at a discounted student price (self-financed).

Participants are required to bring a computer laptop with admin access for running virtual machines (preferably Windows OS and recommended 16GB RAM for running multiple virtual machines) for onsite sessions.