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Cybersecurity Academy

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Publication date: 2023

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The Maharishi Institute CyberSecurity Academy in partnership with ABSA Bank, offers 12 high-quality, internationally recognised certifications alongside three nationally recognised MICT SETA qualifications. The programme is offered to registered, qualifying students of the Maharishi Institute as a standalone three-year programme in Cape Town, or as a three–year Academy course in Johannesburg

Industry certifications include:

  • Comptia A+
  • Comptia Network+
  • Comptia Security+
  • Programming with Python
  • CCNA DevNet (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
  • CCNA CyberOps (Cisco)
  • CompTIA Pentest+
  • AWS Essentials (Amazon Web Services)
  • AWS Security Specialty
  • Imperva

National Qualifications: through the MICT SETA:

  • Certificate: Technical Support (NQF 4)
  • National Certificate: IT Systems Support (NQF 5)
  • National Certificate IT Database Administration (NQF 6)

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

  • Security Analyst
  • Vulnerability Tester
  • Senior Systems Administrator Information Technology
  • Technology Support Administrator
  • Field Technician
  • Desktop Administrator
  • IT Consultant
  • Security Operations Analyst
  • Threat Intelligence Analyst
  • Cybersecurity Analyst
  • Network Support Engineer
  • Network Data Engineer
  • Network Security Associate
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Publication

Hacking’ the Cybersecurity Skills Gap in Developing Countries

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  • 2023

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  • This practitioner note discusses emerging best-practices to accelerate cybersecurity skills developm…

 

Hacking’ the Cybersecurity Skills Gap in Developing Countries

This practitioner note discusses emerging best-practices to accelerate cybersecurity skills development in low- and middle-income countries. It focuses on specialist cybersecurity skills, i.e., the human capital needed to fill advanced professional roles such as, inter alia, chief information security officer (CISO), cyber threat intelligence analyst, penetration tester, or cybersecurity architect. […]

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Strengthening Digital Media Literacy in the Mekong

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Strengthening Digital Media Literacy in the Mekong

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Cyber Security Toolkit for School Learners

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Cyber Security Toolkit for School Learners

This project focused on the creation of a Cyber Safety and Awareness Toolkit for Primary and Secondary school learners and teachers across South Africa.

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EU4DigitalUA

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EU4DigitalUA

EU4DigitalUA is part of the broader e-government-related support of the EU to Ukraine to continue digital transformation of Ukraine and and harmonisation with the EU Digital Single Market. The project’s digital components are focused on the development of digital government infrastructure, modernisation of public e-services, and further development of cyber […]