Programme + Advanced Certificate Bundle

Level 5 Extended Diploma in Networking and Cyber Security with Advanced Certificate in Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment

Earn your Level 5 Extended Diploma in Networking and Cyber Security and add the employer-focused Advanced Certificate in Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment on top — a double credential from one enrolment, for just £25 extra.

Why Combine These Two Credentials?

The Level 5 Extended Diploma in Networking and Cyber Security gives you the full, accredited foundation — and the Advanced Certificate in Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment sharpens it into a specialism employers search for. You study both together, in one flexible online enrolment with LSBR.

You will learn to identify and exploit vulnerabilities, building on the network security and cryptography skills from the Level 5 Extended Diploma, to strengthen network and system defences.

Complete both and your CV carries two named credentials: the Level 5 Extended Diploma in Networking and Cyber Security and the Advanced Certificate in Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment.

What You Will Study

Core modules of the Level 5 Extended Diploma in Networking and Cyber Security:

  • Cyber Security Threat and Risk
  • Network Security and Data Communications
  • Database Security and Computer Programming
  • Incident Response, Investigations and Forensics
  • Security Strategy: Laws, Policies and Implementation
  • Physical IT Networking
  • Cryptography
  • Digital Investigations and Forensics
  • System Administration
  • Network Routing and Switching
  • Network Design and Administration
  • PLUS: Advanced Certificate in Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment — your focused specialisation on top of the main programme

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