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My personal learning plan for cyber security, authorised testing and responsible AI leadership in Australia.
LEARNING / STARTS JULY 2026
Study Plan
The Victorian Certificate III and IV are the nationally recognised Australian qualifications in this plan. Security+, Microsoft, Google and AWS credentials add employer-recognised specialisation, while the free courses and labs build practical evidence.
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PHASE 01 / AI LEADERSHIP
AI leadership quartet
Learn the same transformation problem through four lenses: adoption, business value, cloud capability and governance.Microsoft Applied Skills
Secure AI solutions in the cloud
Cloud AI guardrails, Defender security and Foundry settings.PLANNED · FREEOpen official link
Microsoft Applied Skills
Integrate MCP tools with agents in Microsoft Foundry
Connect MCP tools to Foundry agents and monitor their usage.PLANNED · FREEOpen official link
Microsoft · AB-620
AI Agent Builder Associate
Build enterprise agents with Foundry, MCP, RAG and APIs.Funding plan · Attempt to win the contest voucher first.MAIN GOALOpen official link
Microsoft · AB-731
AI Transformation Leader
Lead responsible AI adoption and business-process change.LEADERSHIPOpen official link
Google Cloud
Generative AI Leader
Gen-AI strategy, responsible adoption and Google Cloud.STRATEGYOpen official link
Amazon Web Services
Certified AI Practitioner
Foundation models, responsible AI, security and AWS governance.CLOUD AIOpen official link
IAPP · AIGP
AI Governance Professional
AI lifecycle governance, risk, law, safety and trust.GOVERNANCEOpen official link
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PHASE 02 / AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATIONS
Australian foundations
Start with the free work already on your desk, then add an employer-readable baseline.
TAFE NSW
Introduction to Linux
Linux command line, distributions and system basics.3–5 hrs · $0Open official link
TAFE NSW
Introduction to Data Centres
Data-centre infrastructure, operations and sustainability.3–5 hrs · $0Open official link
Google Cybersecurity Certificate
Linux, SQL, Python, SIEM and incident-response training.GUIDED PATHOpen official link
AWSN · CompTIA Security+
Security+
SY0-701 training with an exam voucher, subject to AWSN eligibility.SIGNED UP · Possible subsidised cost through AWSN.AWSN EOIOpen official link
Victoria University · ICT30120
Certificate III in Information Technology
Victorian IT foundation and planned prerequisite for Certificate IV.WAIT FOR PR · Check Victorian funding and residency eligibility before enrolling.PREREQUISITEOpen official link
Victoria University · 22603VIC
Certificate IV in Cyber Security
Cyber operations, networking, testing and incident response.WAIT FOR PR · Check Victorian funding and residency eligibility before enrolling.OPTIONAL · VIC PATHOpen official link
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PHASE 03 / SYSTEMS + TESTING
Systems + authorised testing
Build the code, cloud and web-testing side in legal labs first, then prove it with practical exams.Centri · BTJA
Blue Team Junior Analyst Pathway Bundle
Free diagnostic across six introductory blue-team disciplines.ADDED · FREEOpen official link
TryHackMe
TryHackMe learning paths
Guided offensive and defensive browser-based security labs.OPTIONAL · LAB PLATFORMOpen official link
PortSwigger
Web Security Academy
Free legal web-vulnerability labs using Burp Suite.FREE LABSOpen official link
PortSwigger · BSCP
Burp Suite Certified Practitioner
Practical web-security credential built on Academy labs.WEB PROOFOpen official link
Microsoft · SC-900
Security, Compliance & Identity Fundamentals
Zero Trust, Entra, Defender, Sentinel and compliance basics.CLOUD STARTOpen official link
Microsoft · SC-200 · MAYBE
Security Operations Analyst Associate
Sentinel, Defender, Entra, KQL, threat hunting and automation.Reassess after Security+ and Centri. Updates on 28 July 2026.OPTIONAL · REASSESS LATEROpen official link
CREST
CPSA → Registered Penetration Tester
Australia/NZ pathway from theory into practical testing.AU / NZOpen official link
OffSec
PEN-200 + OSCP+
Advanced penetration testing, reporting and problem-solving.OPTIONAL · LATER GAMEOpen official link
BITPIXI LEARNS CYBERSEC / MISSION STATEMENT
Bitpixi Learns Cybersec
My goal is to help companies prevent, detect and respond to security incidents, especially as they adopt new AI tools, agentic pipelines and systems that allow AI to move data, decisions and actions into and out of secure sandboxes. This roadmap combines Victorian Certificate III and IV training, Security+, hands-on practice, cloud security, authorised web-security labs and AI leadership. It focuses on helping commercial organisations introduce AI responsibly, with strong controls around access, permissions, data flows and automated actions, while protecting their employees, customers, systems and data.
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY BASELINE
Reading List
ASD / JUNE 2026
Information Security Manual
Australia's risk-based security framework for IT and operational technology.
ASD / JUNE 2026
ISM change notes
A quick way to see what changed in the current release before you dive in.
VICTORIA / 2025–26
Digital skills plan
Current Victorian pathways for cyber, data centres and digital technology careers, including a Ballarat example.
VICTORIA / 2023
Career pathways submission
Victorian recommendations on regional access, work readiness, diverse cohorts and women in cyber careers.
VICTORIA / 2022 ARCHIVE
Women in cyber
Historical brief on the Women in Security pilot, mentoring, internships and leadership pathways.
AUSTRALIA / 2025
National AI Plan
The federal plan for growing AI capability, spreading benefits and keeping Australians safe.
LINUX / MEMOIR
Just for Fun
Linus Torvalds and David Diamond on the people, ideas and culture behind Linux.
AI + SOCIAL ENGINEERING / 2026
Deceptive Intelligence
Advanced ethical testing of AI-generated phishing, deepfake impersonation, voice pretexting and human vulnerabilities.
OFFENCE FOR DEFENDERS / 2023
The Active Defender
Learn offensive tradecraft, attacker thinking and purple-team testing from a defender's position.
BLUE + PURPLE TEAM / 2023
Practical Threat Detection Engineering
Build and validate detections with ATT&CK, Elastic, Atomic Red Team, CALDERA and detection-as-code.
HARD MODE / 2023
Evading EDR
Study detection-aware attacks and EDR bypasses to understand where endpoint defences become brittle.
AI SECURITY / 2024
LLM Security Playbook
Apply the same adversarial thinking to prompt injection, trust boundaries and the OWASP risks facing AI applications.
THE LATEST NEWS IN AUSTRALIA
Watch Desk
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National Anti-Scam Centre
Current scam data, technology and AI tactics targeting Australians.
↗02ASD Annual Cyber Threat Report
The Australian threat picture, including criminal use of generative AI.
↗03Australian Institute of Criminology
Research on AI-enabled crime, impersonation, fraud and victimisation.
↗04eSafety deepfake research
Australian harms, detection limits and safety responses for synthetic media.
↗05OAIC AI + privacy guidance
How Australian privacy obligations apply to AI products and personal information.
↗06National AI Centre
Practical Australian guidance for responsible organisational AI adoption.
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Linux grep mug
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