Engineers Australia has launched a new cyber engineering ‘area of practice’ that opens a pathway for security professionals to achieve ‘chartered’ status in Cyber Engineering for the first time.
The Cyber Engineering Area of Practice (AoP) is a recognition of the recognition of the growing prominence of digital technology in everyday life and the demand for competent engineers as creators and problem solvers in digital environments.
The Cyber Engineering AoP aims to support the development of a pipeline of competent and accredited engineering professionals to meet the nation’s cybersecurity challenges.
As the professional association for engineers in this country, Engineers Australia has developed a set of supporting documents aimed at raising industry standards for engineering practice in the cyber security sector.
A Cyber engineering practice guide has been developed to serve as an industry benchmark for best practice. This guide, together with the Engineers Australia’s Independent Practice (Stage 2) competencies, provides a robust framework for engineering practitioners in the field of cyber engineering.
Achieving ‘Chartered’ status in the Cyber Engineering AoP is a professional credential as dry as it sounds: It “signifies that a professional possesses the requisite knowledge and competencies – as defined by international standards – for independent and proficient practice in cyber engineering,” the organisation said.
The Chartered credential is the highest available technical credential for an engineering professional. It is a nationally and internationally recognised measure of excellence, signifying a level of skill, talent and experience.
The Cyber Engineering profession is as broad as the digital environments it services. Engineering Australia defines it as involving the design, implementation, operation, maintenance, response and improvement of information security measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability and safety (CIAS) of systems (including autonomous systems).
It includes oversight of system security measures to assure the security of hardware, software, firmware and network components used to store, process, transmit, actuate and sense systems.
Engineers already working in cybersecurity can apply for the Chartered status here.
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