This subject provides foundational level knowledge on security, compliance, and identity concepts and related cloud-based Microsoft solutions.

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity. 
• Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Entra. 
• Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions. 
• Describe the capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions.

Azure Security Technologies covers implementing, managing, and monitoring cyber security in the Azure environment.

The subject examines security for resources in Azure, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments as part of an end-to-end infrastructure.  Students will implement recommended security components and configurations to protect identity & access, data, applications, and networks. Students will gain practical skills in administration of Microsoft Azure and hybrid environments, including compute, network, and storage in Azure, as well as Azure AD.

On completion students should be capable of managing security posture, identifying and remediating vulnerabilities, performing threat modelling, and implementing threat protection. They may also participate in responding to security incidents, and work with architects, administrators, and developers to plan and implement solutions that meet security and compliance requirements.

The CCNA subject covers networking fundamentals, IP services, security fundamentals, automation and programmability. Designed for agility and versatility, CCNA validates that you have the skills required to manage and optimize today’s most advanced networks. CCNA skills give you the foundation to take your career in any direction.

The subject covers the following:

• Internetworking
• Ethernet Networking and Data Encapsulation
• Introduction to TCP/IP
• Subnetting
• Cisco’s Internetworking Operating System (IOS)
• Managing a Cisco Internetwork
• IP Routing and routing protocols
• Layer 2 Switching and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
• Virtual LANs (VLANs)
• Security
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Cisco’s Wireless Technologies
• Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
• Wide Area Networks

Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. Python is developed under an OSI-approved open-source license, making it freely usable and distributable, even for commercial use.

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• Explore the choices available to run Python apps
• Use the Python interpreter to execute statements and scripts
• Learn how to declare variables
• Build a simple Python app that takes input and produces output

This subject covers the provisioning of telephony end devices for a new or existing IP telephony system. The subject utilises a FreePBX – Asterisk environment.

Students should gain an understanding of:

• The functionality associated with a traditional or IP PBX
• The basic characteristics of analog and digital PSTN connections and how VoIP compares and contrasts with these
• Selecting IT appropriate telephony end devices for different business requirements
• Configuring extensions to deliver basic PBX functionality to end devices
• Configuring end devices to connect to IP PBX extensions
• Testing IT telephony end devices for correct operation

This subject provides a foundation in the basic principles of simple electrical circuits. Students should gain and understanding of series and parallel circuits.

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• Use test equipment
• Measure voltage in a live circuit
• Measure current in a live circuit

This subject teaches the skills and knowledge required to:

• participate in workplace occupational health and safety (OHS) consultative processes
• analyze the workplace in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices
• implement improvements and monitor their effectiveness

Topics include:

• Establishing consultative processes
• Obtaining and providing information about OHS issues
• Raising OHS issues with others
• Investigating current practices in relation to resource usage
• Setting targets for improvements
• Implementing performance improvement strategies