A Day In The Life: Cybersecurity Specialist

Step into a typical day as a cybersecurity specialist with our AI-powered ‘Day in the Life’ experience. Follow real tasks, challenges, and insights to see what this career is really like. Step into the fast-moving world of cybersecurity. Students discover how specialists protect data, prevent hacks, and keep businesses safe from digital threats.

Course Description

Cyber security is one of the fastest-growing career areas in Ireland, and this course gives students a realistic, behind-the-scenes look at what the job actually involves.
Across ten short modules, learners follow Olivia — a Cyber Security Specialist — through a full working day, while zoomed-out supporting information explains how her tasks fit into the wider industry.

Students discover how cyber teams protect systems, investigate unusual activity, prevent mistakes, and help people stay safe online. The course focuses on practical, real-world problem-solving rather than hacking stereotypes or fear-based messaging.

Module 1: Introduction

  • Meet Olivia — Video Walkthrough With Olivia
  • What Cyber Security Actually Protects
  • Recap Quiz

Module 2: How Cyber Teams Watch Systems Each Day

  • Monitoring & Dashboards — Video Walkthrough With Olivia
  • Monitoring & Dashboards (supporting info)
  • Recap Quiz

Module 3: How Cyber Teams Investigate Activity

  • From Alerts to Answers — Video Walkthrough With Olivia
  • Investigating Abnormal Activity
  • Recap Quiz

Module 4: Making Security Work in the Real World

  • Teamwork & Trade-Offs — Video Walkthrough With Olivia
  • Making Security Work in the Real World
  • Recap Quiz

Module 5: People, Habits & Building Safer Software

  • Human Risk — Video Walkthrough With Olivia
  • DevSecOps
  • Recap Quiz

Module 6: When Something Is Really Wrong

  • How Cyber Teams Handle Real Incidents — Video Walkthrough With Olivia
  • Incident Response
  • Recap Quiz

Module 7: Extra Eyes on Security

  • Partners, Audits & National Support — Video Walkthrough With Olivia
  • External Partners
  • Recap Quiz

Module 8: How Scams Really Work

  • Why Awareness Matters — Video Walkthrough With Olivia
  • Scams and Threats
  • Recap Quiz

Module 9: Why Cyber Teams Document Everything

  • Reporting and Recording — Video Walkthrough With Olivia
  • For The Record
  • Recap Quiz

Module 10: How People Get Into Cyber Security in Ireland

  • Getting a Foot in the Door — Video Walkthrough With Olivia
  • Pathways and Progression
  • Recap Quiz

Duration
1 Hour
Lessons
10 modules
Format
Video, text
Certification
Yes
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