Level 4 Cyber Security Technologist

The broad purpose of the occupation is to apply an understanding of cyber security to protect organisations, systems, information, personal data and people from attacks and unauthorised access.

The CST standard has 3 distinct options:

• Cyber Security Engineer

• Cyber Risk Analyst

• Cyber Defender & Responder

1) The Cyber Security Engineer is the most technology focused role in the occupation and will typically design, build and test secure networks or security products or systems with a particular focus on the security aspects of the design.

2) The Cyber Risk Analyst focuses on risk assessment, analysis and giving advice on risk mitigations. The roles may support formal security governance, regulatory & compliance (GRC).

3) The Cyber Defender & Responder is more operationally focused, configuring and operating secure systems to prevent security breaches or monitoring systems to detect and respond to security breaches.

This apprenticeship is delivered in partnership with our training partner, Apprentify.

• Cyber Operations Manager

• Security Architect

• Penetration Tester

• Security Analyst

• Risk Analyst

• Intelligence Researcher

• Security Sales Engineer

• Cyber Security Specialist

• and more...

On successful completion of the programme, you will be awarded a Level 4 Cyber security technologist apprenticeship, which will allow you to join the British Computer Society (BCS) Register of IT Technicians (RITTech) – a professional register for IT professionals working in the digital space validating your depth of skills and experience. You will also be apply to join the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP) as a full member.

You can also achieve the respective BCS and CompTIA qualifications in your programme.