Cybersecurity is an exciting career opportunity for people with a great eye for detail.
Genius Armoury offers a range of courses to help introduce people to cybersecurity, exploring some of the fundamentals of coding, threats and exploits, networking and more. Available to anyone and free to complete, modules only take around 30 minutes to complete, full details on each module can be found in the weapon rack.
Genius Armoury partners with further education providers to offer education opportunities and employers to offer career opportunities for Genius Armoury Agents.
Explore the Weapon Rack for the available courses, Stories for real world experiences from experts, Education for further education experiences and Careers for future cybersecurity career opportunities.
WEAPON RACK
Find the skills, weapons and tools you need to be a Cybersecurity Guardian. New to Cybersecurity? Explore the fundamentals and learn what you need to become an effective Cybersecurity Agent.
STORIES
Read real life stories from Agents who are already in the field, from Cybersecurity Experts who have a wealth of knowledge and from Employers who are always on the look out for Cybersecurity Guardians.
TRAINING COURSES
TRAINING COURSES
LATEST STORIES
LATEST STORIES
GA Ambassador Ibrahim Hakeem
Introduction Ibrahim Hakeem is a trainee Cybersecurity contractor at Untapped Holdings. Following the completion of Genius Armoury and the Virtual Cybersecurity training
Victoria & Ibrahim’s Experience
Introduction In November 2021, Victoria and Ibrahim attended the Stanford Neurodiversity Summit where they spoke as part of a panel about their experiences with
Autism: Gifted Traits for a Cybersecurity Workforce
By Raza Nowrozy Among technologists / hackers and those who have the skills to develop and spread malware, are traits which are over-represented
The Why?
By Tracey Edwards As a senior leader in one of Australia’s top 4 financial institutions, with no personal connection or significant understanding of
Autistic Individuals in the Workplace and Cyber Security
By Raza Nowrozy Being employed or getting hired for a job is a fundamental factor in the life of all individuals, including autistic
Natural Talent for Security and System Management
Reading Time: 2 minutes Technology North (TN) Corporation is an Edmonton-based IT consultant and service provider in business since 1998.
How do I get started on a cybersecurity career?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Throughout my career as a cybersecurity professor, I often get questions about starting a career in cybersecurity. This question seems simple, but it is not easy to answer.
Genius Armoury – attracting, identifying and training Australia’s autistic cyber security professionals
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today at AusCERT 2021, the Genius Armoury platform, a targeted solution to help tackle a critically important part of the nation’s cyber security skills shortage, is being launched.
Autism, Cyber and Numbers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Daniel Tammet is a well-known autistic author and is extremely gifted intellectually. He was able to remember and recite more than 22,000 digits of the Pi calculation, which can be expressed as the fraction 22/7.
Creating the Pipeline for a Neurodivergent Cybersecurity Talent Pool
Reading Time: 2 minutes Protecting Australia’s technology and industrial infrastructure requires a diverse, skilled and dynamic cybersecurity workforce.
The Security Mindset and the Neurodiverse
Reading Time: 2 minutes A “security mindset” is the ability to be able to look for and identify potential or actual compromise.
Overcoming Cyber Attacks – Benefits of Autistic Employees
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO), it is estimated that about one in 270 people worldwide has an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Diversity Breeds Diversity
Reading Time: 2 minutes 12 years of schooling, followed by 4 years of university study and then the decision of what to do with my life…..
Case Study: ANZ
Reading Time: < 1 minute Untapped have worked with ANZ over the last two years to introduce a team of nine neurodiverse individuals to the fields of cybersecurity, software testing and data analytics.
Case Study: Sophie* – Successful Autistic IT Analyst
Reading Time: < 1 minute After finishing high school in Year 11 and a few years of bouncing around looking for work here and there, Sophie began working in hospitality catering for large events. Being autistic, this wasn’t the ideal environment in which to work with high pressure deadlines and constant ‘noise’.
Cybersecurity Employer Experience: Working with People with Autism
Reading Time: 2 minutes My name is Raza Nowrozy. I am a Melbourne based Cybersecurity professional presently working for Untapped, leading a team of talented individuals who are employed as contractors by National Australia Bank.
Autism and Cybersecurity: A Natural Fit?
Reading Time: 2 minutes There is a lot of very welcome discussion in the media and workplaces at the moment around the value of diversity – the idea that there is inherent business value in the characteristics and traits that make each of us unique.
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