Overview
This micro-credential prepares learners for a career in cybersecurity, offering up-to-date knowledge in information security, applied cryptography, and security analytics. You’ll gain a deep understanding of information security across six core domains, including governance, physical security, software security, and cyber defense.
The micro-credential covers cryptographic techniques, common failures, and deployment issues, helping you implement secure systems. It also teaches security analytics, data analysis, machine learning, and AI in cybersecurity. Aligning with certifications like QISP, the micro-credential combines online and in-person learning with real-world applications.
This micro-credential is part of the CSM Pathway in Applied Computing, offered by SIT.
Course Description & Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the micro-credential, you will be able to:
Explain the main concepts and properties of information security, cryptography, security data, and machine learning and AI techniques for cybersecurity
Demonstrate real-world security anomaly detection using machine learning open-source libraries and AI techniques
Accurately apply cryptography to achieve confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity in real-world applications
Implement cryptographic protections to defend security attacks using open-source cryptographic libraries
Recommended Prerequisites
Learners should possess knowledge of basic algebra and have at least one year of experience in any programming language.
Schedule
End Date: 10 Aug 2025, Sunday
Location: SIT Punggol Campus, 1 Punggol Coast Road, 828608 and Online
Pricing
Skills Covered
PROFICIENCY LEVEL GUIDE
Beginner: Introduce the subject matter without the need to have any prerequisites.
Proficient: Requires learners to have prior knowledge of the subject.
Expert: Involves advanced and more complex understanding of the subject.
- Cybersecurity (Proficiency level: Proficient)
Speakers
Trainer's Profile:
Goh Weihan, Associate Professor/Programme Leader, Infocomm Technology, Singapore Institute of Technology
Dr Weihan Goh is an Assistant Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), where he teaches primarily in the Information Security degree programme. His teaching and research interests include security testing, digital forensics, blockchains, and applied cryptography, as well as technologies for cybersecurity education, such as cyber ranges, CTF / CDX, and anti-fraud / anti-cheat systems.
Trainer's Profile:
Spiridon Bakiras, Associate Professor, Infocomm Technology, Singapore Institute of Technology
Dr. Spiridon Bakiras is an Associate Professor in the Infocomm Technology cluster at Singapore Institute of Technology. Before that, he held teaching and research positions at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar), Michigan Technological University, the City University of New York, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the University of Hong Kong. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, his M.S. degree in Telematics from the University of Surrey, and his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California. His main research interests include secure and privacy-preserving computations, applied cryptography, spatio-temporal databases, and mobile computing.
Trainer's Profile:
Guo Huaqun, Associate Professor, Infocomm Technology, Singapore Institute of Technology
Dr Huaqun Guo is an Associate Professor in the Infocomm Technology cluster at Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). Dr Guo has taught information security courses such as security analytics, web security, ethical hacking, and data structures and algorithms. Before joining SIT, Dr Guo was Cybersecurity Technical Senior Manager at an MNC, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Senior Research Staff at NUS and Senior Engineer at Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL).
Trainer's Profile:
Wendy Hui Wan Yee, Associate Professor, Infocomm Technology, Singapore Institute of Technology
Dr Wendy Hui is an Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology. She earned a B.E. (Hons) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, an MSc in Actuarial and Financial Sciences from Curtin University, Australia, and a PhD in Information Systems from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include economics of information security and behavioural research in information security. Her works have appeared in top journals in information systems. Dr Hui has many years of teaching experience in different parts of the world, including UAE, China, and Australia.
