Stay ahead of the work AI is changing.
Join a selective group of professionals training part-time on real briefs in cyber, AI and space. What you already know counts first, and your employer can pay.
| Skill in the standard | Status |
|---|---|
| IP networking and routing From current role | Verified on entry |
| Firewalls and segmentation From current role | Verified on entry |
| Vulnerability management (IT) From current role | Verified on entry |
| Writing for decision-makers Some shown | Partly met |
| Industrial protocols Not yet shown | To train |
| OT exposure analysis Not yet shown | To train |
Train on what’s landing now.
AI is changing the work faster than most training can keep up. Here you train on briefs often built around something just published in the field: real problems Australia’s critical industries face today. No semesters to juggle and no course dates to chase: it’s unscheduled, the tutor works your hours, 6am or 10pm, and mentors who’ve done the job review your work. You become the person your team turns to when new tech lands.
- Proves
- Applying an advisory, OT exposure analysis, prioritising risk, writing for decision-makers
- Leads to
- OT security engineer
- Pace
- Part-time, nothing scheduled
A vendor has published a new class of vulnerability in the protocol a regional water utility’s PLCs use. The advisory is eleven pages. There are forty-odd affected devices across three sites. The plant manager wants to know by Thursday: how bad is it, and what can she do without stopping treatment?
- Read the advisory: which firmware, which features, where an attacker needs to beDone
- Map it against the asset list and network diagrams to find what’s actually exposedNow
- Two-page recommendation: patch, isolate, watch, in what orderTo do
No exams. Just continuous assessment.
A two-day course proves you turned up. Here every piece of work is assessed against the standard employers hire to, by people who do the job. What passes goes on your record. What doesn’t, you redo until it does.
- Reviewed by
- People who do the job, or have
- Against
- The role standard employers hire to
- If you miss
- Redo it, at no extra cost
| Criterion | Result |
|---|---|
| AdvisoryFirmware, features and attacker position read correctly | Meets |
| ExposureWhich devices are reachable, and from where | Not yet |
| PrioritiesPatch, isolate and watch, in a defensible order | Not yet |
| RecommendationTwo pages a plant manager can act on | Meets |
This is a list of every device on the bad firmware, with no view on which ones matter. Work out which are reachable, rank them, and the rest of the recommendation will follow.
A tool can draft the list. Someone still has to own the call.
The briefs change as the field does, and they’re built around judgement: whether to isolate a workstation, which of forty devices matter, what to tell the plant manager.
Proof for your next promotion, pay rise or role.
Most of what you learn on the job leaves no trace. Your capability record does: the skills you had, verified on entry, and the ones you added, with the work behind them. You own it, it keeps up as the role changes wherever you work, and you decide who sees it, even if your employer is paying.
- Brought
- Skills from your current job, verified on entry
- Added
- Every new skill, with the brief that proved it
- Owned by
- You, not your employer
| Skill | Level |
|---|---|
| IP networking and routingOn entry | |
| Vulnerability managementOn entry | |
| OT exposure analysis | |
| Writing for decision-makers | |
| Industrial protocols |
Fund it yourself, or have your employer sponsor it.
- Upfront $0
- Nothing to pay to start.
- Once you’re hired $10,000
- Only once you’re hired into a new role that meets your salary target.
- Sponsorship Optional
- Your employer can sponsor one person or a team instead.
- While you train Part-time
- You keep your job and your salary throughout.
- Recognition Not accredited
- No degree or AQF award. A capability record, verified by practitioners, that employers can read.
Questions we get asked.
By professionals first, and then by their managers.
I don’t have the time.
It’s the most common reason people don’t retrain, and it’s usually true. Two things help: nothing is scheduled, and people with real experience have fewer gaps than they expect.
You get an estimate of hours and months after your assessment. If it doesn’t fit your week, walk away then.
Should I tell my manager? Will they think I’m leaving?
You don’t have to. It’s your training, in your own time, and we won’t contact your employer unless you ask.
“I want to get better at the part of the job we’re weakest at” sounds like an asset, not a resignation. The manager note helps with that conversation.
Will a non-accredited record count for promotion or pay?
Not always. If your pay bands or professional body require a degree or AQF qualification, this won’t tick that box.
Where it counts is the question most promotions come down to: can this person do the work? Your record shows the brief, what you produced and who checked it.
Can my employer see my record?
Only if you let them, even if they’re paying. If they sponsor you, agree upfront what they’ll see. Most want progress on the skills they’re paying for, and you can share that without opening the whole record.
Micro-credentials never took off here.
They didn’t, and for good reason. A badge that says you watched the videos isn’t worth much.
Nothing goes on your record until a practitioner has reviewed real work against the standard. The work is attached, so anyone can read it and judge for themselves.
Find out how much of your job already counts.
Entry is selective: we look for ability and drive, not job titles. Your employer can sponsor you, or a whole team. Apply, and we’ll assess what your job has already taught you, name exactly what’s left, and tell you how long it would take, before you or your employer pay anything.
Australian citizens only: most of these roles need a security clearance, sponsored by the employer who hires you.
