QUALIFI
    Level 5
    QN: 610/3042/9
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    Qualifi Level 5 Extended Diploma in Networking and Cyber Security

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by QUALIFI. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1300 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 5
    Awarding Body
    QUALIFI
    Syllabus Units
    11 Units
    Guided Hours
    1300 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Cryptography

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand key cryptographic principles and modes
    • Understand the standards, regulations and laws that apply to business and government organisations in relation to encryption
    • Be able to design an encryption plan and courses of action for a given organisation
    2

    Cyber Security Threat and Risk

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand complex business cyber security threats and risks.
    • Understand recent mega-breaches and explain malware and ransomware attacks.
    • Understand how threats and malicious hackers are advancing and developing customised intrusion tools.
    3

    Database Security and Computer Programming

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the broad range of security to protect databases.
    • Understand database categories of control.
    • Understand the underpinning concepts of cloud-based storage solutions.
    • Understand the relationship of computer programming and computer hacking.
    • Understand the “interpreted” general-purpose programming language Python.
    4

    Digital Investigations and Forensics

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the core principles of digital investigations
    • Be able to apply the types of tool that support professional digital investigations at a strategic level
    • Be able to plan for an investigation and forensics team
    • Understand the importance of safeguarding evidential integrity in digital investigations
    5

    Incident Response, Investigations and Forensics

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role and composite parts of Incident Response of business function and how CERTS operate.
    • Understand how aliened task/task forces for Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and crisis management.
    • Understand how major computer incidents and formally investigated.
    • Understand laws and guidance in relation to the conduct and planned structure of major incident investigations.
    6

    Network Design and Administration

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand net
    • work designConfigure a local area net
    • work and a VLANAdminister a net
    7

    Network Routing and Switching

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand switching
    • Perform routing
    8

    Network Security and Data Communications

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how computer and digital devices communicate with one another over a net
    • Understand, at a strategic level, how computer networking, web applications, and software can be exploited.
    • Understand methods of security prevention and systems hardening.
    • Understand key net
    • work security and systems resilience tools, terminology and models.
    9

    Physical IT Networking

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Apply the components of physical networking
    • Understand the components and interfaces between different physical networking attributes
    • Install security protocols in a physical net
    10

    Security Strategy: Laws, Policies and Implementation

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    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the concept of strategy, strategic management of planning and buy-in, in relation to cyber security.
    • Understand how legislation, formal industry standards, training accreditation support cyber security.
    • Understand how to implement
    • Plan, Do, Check and Act security and risk management policies.
    • Understand the future legal and technical environment and the impact on cyber security planning and digital risk management.
    • Understand how to plan and design a security audit for a cyber net
    11

    System Administration

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand system administration
    • Perform user management and file system management

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    610/3042/9
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    QUALIFI
    Qualification Type
    Vocationally-Related Qualification
    Operational Start
    Jul 2023