Reasons for the Qualifications

The qualification has been created to develop those learners who are looking to choose, or already
have chosen, a career in a business-related sector but require basic knowledge and competences in
the field of Cyber Security (which includes sub-disciplines of compliance, digital media risk
management, security risk management, to name a few) without undertaking any technical level of
proficiency .

The qualification will:

• prepare learners for employment; and
• support a range of roles that require professional computer use and data management in
the workplace.
This basic course is most suitable for executives and managers who are required to use business
computers, mobile devices and Wi-Fi-enabled technology in a safe and secure manner that helps to
protect their equipment, their business, their colleagues and themselves. They will have some
responsibility for business sustainability, profitability, safety and security.
This course is also suitable for any supervisor or manager who has oversight of employees or
computer systems infrastructure, but who does not necessarily need to acquire technical
proficiency.

Often employees are responsible for colleagues’ and customer data located across several timezones
and diverse business environments. This qualification will also incorporate national
international legal requirements, critical for those leading and managing the protection of business
people, assets and infrastructure. The qualification will identify and evaluate practical ways to safely
and securely protect people and information from cyber-attacks and associated impacts.

For more advanced semi-technical and technical Cyber Security Diplomas, please see our Level 3 and
4 Diplomas.

The Diploma is accredited at Level 2 with a total equivalence of 50 credits. It is envisaged that
learners completing this Level 2 programme will progress to the QUALIFI Level 3 Diplomas, including
our Level 3 Diploma in Cyber Security Management and Operations.

Our qualifications will develop learner ability to:
• apply analytical and evaluative techniques and to enhance those skills
• investigate issues and opportunities
• develop their awareness and appreciation of managerial, organisational and environmental issues
• use management techniques and practices in imaginative ways
• make use of relevant information from different sources
• develop and encourage problem solving and creativity to tackle problems and challenges
• exercise judgement and take responsibility for decisions and actions
• develop the ability to recognise and reflect on personal learning and improve their personal, social
and other transferable skills.

Aims of the Diplomas

The programme provides the opportunity for individuals to forge a career in a specific area of
business by seeking a greater knowledge and understanding of cyber and information security, and
to support the individual’s development into senior positions. The QUALIFI Level 2 Diploma Business Beginners in Cyber Security aims to give learners the opportunity to:

1. develop the knowledge, understanding and skills required for success in employment
2. progress to a related Level 3 professional qualification including the QUALIFI Level 3 Diploma in Cyber Security Management and Operations                                  3. undertake specialist study relevant to individual vocations and environments in which learners are currently working, or to which learners are aiming to work within the business sector
4. develop their ability to contribute positively to good practice in the business environment through effective use and combination of the knowledge and skills gained in the qualifications
5. develop skills and techniques, personal qualities and attributes essential for safe and secure performance on computer networks and devices in working life and thereby enabling learners to make an immediate contribution to employment.