General Regulations on Professions in Cybersecurity at College and Intermediate Levels

General Provisions on Cybersecurity Occupations in College and Intermediate Levels (Illustrative Image)

Circular 44/2018/TT-BLDTBXH stipulates general provisions on Cybersecurity for intermediate level and college level as follows:

- Cybersecurity at the college level is an occupation that ensures the safety and security of information; conducts needs surveys, consults, designs, constructs cybersecurity systems, and information safety; analyzes, detects, and exploits security vulnerabilities of network systems, establishes network security policies and procedures; prepares activity and risk reports; configures, operates, and guides end-users to ensure information security. The College-level Cybersecurity occupation meets the requirements of level 5 in the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework.

- Cybersecurity at the intermediate level is an occupation that ensures the safety and security of information; conducts needs surveys, consults, designs, constructs cybersecurity systems, and information safety; analyzes, detects, and exploits security vulnerabilities of network systems, establishes network security policies and procedures; prepares activity and potential risk reports; configures, operates, and guides end-users to ensure information security. The Intermediate-level Cybersecurity occupation meets the requirements of level 4 in the Vietnam National Qualifications Framework.

- The main duties of the occupation:

- Establishing and managing the security of network device infrastructure;- Establishing and managing the security of network services; securing database management systems;- Analyzing and handling malware;- Exploiting and mitigating security vulnerabilities;- Consulting, analyzing cybersecurity; managing and monitoring network systems security.

- Individuals working in the cybersecurity occupation work in the security and information safety departments of enterprises, schools; financial, banking, insurance organizations, economic groups, state organizations that have high requirements for information security; the nature of the job requires meticulousness, electrical, electronic safety, information safety, and data security, with a collaborative, team-oriented approach; therefore, practitioners need to be healthy, dedicated to the profession, and possess specialized technical knowledge to perform their duties, have organizational and managerial skills.

Note:

- The minimum knowledge volume for the college level is 2,160 hours (equivalent to 85 credits);- The minimum knowledge volume for the intermediate level is 1,420 hours (equivalent to 55 credits).

For details, see Circular 44/2018/TT-BLDTBXH effective from February 10, 2019.

Ty Na

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