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As computers become increasingly interconnected and support more services than ever, system security becomes more challenging and more crucial.

By studying cyber security, you'll learn the fundamental processes and practices to protect computing systems from attack, damage or unauthorised access.

You'll study secure programming techniques and ethical hacking to safeguard individuals, businesses and governments against cybercrime, and you'll graduate with highly valued and employable skills.

Career paths can lead to roles such as cyber security analyst, cyber systems engineer or information security officer.

You'll join a growing industry:

Cyber security specialist was the #2 emerging job of 2020 (LinkedIn 2020 Emerging Jobs Report)
By 2026, Australia will need 18,000 more cyber security workers
Australia鈥檚 external spending on cyber security products and services grew by 8 per cent in 2018 to $3.9 billion (Australian Cyber Security Growth Network).

Career possibilities

Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

• Cyber security analyst
• Cyber systems engineer
• Security architect
• Information security officer
• Cryptographer
• Information security analyst

What you'll study

At UQ, subjects are called 'courses'. Here's a sample of the courses you could study:

Operating Systems Architecture
Information Security
Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing
Advanced Topics in Security