Cybersecurity is a growing concern for vocational education and training. With recent high-profile attacks on Medibank and Optus, alongside various providers of education across Australia, there is a rising realisation in VET of the need to cultivate a robust security posture to protect student data.

Yet with a fast-changing risk landscape, and many moving parts to manage in the form of different technologies and people, getting a grip on cybersecurity can appear to be a momentous challenge, with outcomes that are seemingly difficult to control.