Level 4

Cyber Security and Cloud Networking Pathway

Gain the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to achieve high performance in the national and international digital technologies environment.

About this course

The HNC in Digital Technologies with a focus on Cyber Security and Cloud Networking is an industry-relevant program designed for aspiring IT professionals. Delivered entirely online, this course equips you with foundational knowledge and practical skills in cutting-edge areas such as cyber threat management, secure cloud infrastructure, and advanced networking solutions.


You’ll explore critical topics like network security, ethical hacking, system management, and cloud computing, gaining expertise that aligns with current industry demands.


Whether you’re starting your career in digital technologies or advancing in your current role, this HNC offers the tools and insights needed to succeed in a rapidly evolving field.

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Benefits of doing this course

  • Enhanced Career Prospects

  • Specialized Knowledge

  • Flexibility and Convenience

  • Hands-On Learning

  • Recognized Qualification

  • Preparation for Progression

  • Stay Ahead in a Growing Field

Course Content

Professional Practice in the Digital Economy

It will provide you with a foundation for good practice in a variety of contexts and an opportunity for you to examine the evolution and impact of digital technologies on work environments.

Innovation & Digital Transformation

It will look at a number of tools and techniques that organisations use to transform and become more innovative in their approach. These include frameworks and related elements such as operational agility, culture, leadership, customer experience, and integration of digital technology.

Cyber Security

Designed to develop your knowledge and understanding in relation to cyberthreats and vulnerabilities, cyber defence techniques and incident response. You will explore fundamental principles as well as leading-edge concepts, terminologies, models and hardening methods. You will assess the types of malicious activity and potential targets, and the role everyone has in maintaining cyber resilience.

Programming

Introduces you to the core concepts of programming, along with an introduction to algorithms and the characteristics of programming paradigm.

Big Data & Visualisation

Introduces you to the concepts of big data and visualisation and how this is used for decision making. You will explore the industry software solutions available for investigating and presenting data, before assessing the role and responsibility of data specialists in the current environment.

Networking in the Cloud

It will give you a wider background knowledge of cloud networking principles, operational principles, protocols, standards, security considerations and the systems associated with a range of networking technologies. It will give you the underpinning knowledge of the principles of networks and supports a range of other units in the qualification.

Security

It will provide knowledge of security, the associated risks and how it has an impact on business continuity. You will examine security measures involving access authorisation and regulation of use.

Networking

It will give you a wider background knowledge of computer networking essentials, how they operate, protocols, standards, security considerations and the prototypes associated with a range of networking technologies. You will explore a range of hardware, with related software, and will configure and install these to gain knowledge of networking systems.

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