Tailored cyber courses will be developed to address emerging skills gaps across the nation.
16 September 2025
In brief:
- A national hub for cyber skills and innovation launched in Canberra.
- It will serve as a cyber security hub for TAFEs across Australia.
- It will give future cyber students the opportunity to build on their cyber-security skills.
A national hub for cyber skills and innovation has opened in Canberra.
The Cyber Security TAFE Centre of Excellence is located at the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Woden campus.
It will build on existing initiatives in the ACT, including:
- the Canberra Cyber Hub
- the Canberra Innovation Network.
The Centre will partner with CIT’s Electric Vehicle (EV) TAFE Centre of Excellence to identify cyber risks in electric vehicles.
Up-skilling our next generation of students
The Centre will:
- give future students the opportunity to build on their cyber-security skills
- provide students the opportunity to learn from the best in government, industry and business
- train students to identify, tackle and prevent national cyber threats
- provide skills to boost cyber literacy across Australia’s workforce.
Tailored cyber courses will be developed to address emerging skills gaps across the nation.
These will include initiatives for:
- senior secondary students
- cross-sector workers
- final-year trades students aspiring to become small business owners.
A national hub for cyber security
The Centre will serve as a hub for TAFEs across Australia.
Providing professional learning with a focus on strengthening Australia’s sovereign cyber security capability, areas of focus include energy, utilities and critical infrastructure.
The Centre will help to build a pipeline of cyber-ready workers by fast-tracking higher and degree-equivalent apprenticeship pathways and developing micro credentials for university graduates.
This will be the 13th TAFE Centre of Excellence announced across Australia.
The project was jointly funded by the ACT Government and the Federal Government.
TAFE Centres of Excellence foster collaboration between TAFEs and key stakeholders including employers, unions and universities.
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