Course Overview
Lead a successful data privacy program and deliver strategic value within your organisation. Develop the capability to mitigate data risk and become a thought leader in consumer protection and trust.
Data privacy is becoming business-critical for companies balancing data-driven decisions alongside global regulations and the ethical handling of consumer data. Co-created with leading industry partners Lander & Rogers and Palo Alto Networks, this course will equip you with the skills to establish, lead, and measure a data privacy program within your organisation.
Who's It For?
This course is designed for mid-senior managers and legal, risk, and compliance specialists who’ve had exposure to data privacy and are looking to upskill. Providing a pathway to transition into data-centric roles, this course will help you lead a data privacy program within your organisation. Ideal students will likely be:
- Directors
- Senior managers
- Team leaders
- Business analysts
- Security analysts
- Database administrators
- Project managers
- Change managers
What You'll Learn
- Understand the data privacy landscape and challenges facing Australian businesses
- Consider and articulate the data supply chain of your business to support decision making
- Explore the strategic value of having a proactive and transparent data privacy management program
- Develop an understanding of privacy regulation and ethical constraints in an Australian context
- Develop an understanding of the data lifecycle, and different types of data
- Consider key components of a data privacy management program and apply to an organisational context
- Review best practice recommendations for the implementation and ongoing assessment of a privacy program
- Navigate data privacy management implications of emerging technologies
Study Method
- OnlineOnline delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
- BlendedBlended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
- In-classIn class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
- VirtualVirtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
Duration and Study Load
6 weeks, 6-7 hours per week 100% online.
Delivery
Online study, including interactive videos, assignments, prescheduled webinars, and a 1:1 online session with mentors and industry experts.
Course Features
100% online – The freedom of online learning means you can study around your work and life commitments. It’s the same qualification but built around your schedule.
Real-world skills – Our courses and degrees are all about practical learning. Get job-ready skills you can actually apply or build a portfolio to show future employers.
Industry connected – We work closely with leading industry partners to make sure our courses are relevant for the future of work.
Network – Studying online doesn’t mean you are studying alone. You’ll join a powerful global network of peers, academics and industry experts.
Supported community – Take advantage of the team of RMIT Online staff who are there to help you along your journey.
RMIT credential – Your skills will be rigorously assessed and recognised by one of Australia’s most innovative and respected technology institutions, not to mention employers in the field.
Subjects
- What is data privacy?
- The data driven economy and the data privacy landscape
- Data privacy programs
Milestone: evaluate the benefits of data in an organisational context
- Key data privacy regulation from an Australian perspective
- Apply key aspects of Australian jurisdiction to your privacy program
Milestone: perform a preliminary consideration assessment
- Data engineering and the data supply chain lifecycle
- Assessing data and risk
Milestone: assess the risks within your organisation
- Step-by-step guide to data privacy programs
- Getting organisational buy-in
- Data privacy program controls
Milestone: evaluate the privacy management maturity in
your company
- Establishing a privacy program communications plan
- Mechanisms to measure program performance
Milestone: articulate improvement areas and data
privacy gaps
- Ethical considerations for emerging technologies
- How to respond to legal and technological change
Milestone: make recommendations for your business
About RMIT Online
A world-class education delivered 100% online.
RMIT University is a world leader in Art and Design, Architecture and the Built Environment, Engineering, Accounting and Finance, and Business and Management Studies. Ranked among the top 15 universities in Australia and 16th in the world for universities less than 50 years old, RMIT is known for being industry-led and producing exceptional career outcomes.
One of Australia’s original tertiary institutions, RMIT University has earned an international reputation for creating exceptional, employable and highly skilled graduates who want more out of their careers. We offer vocational, undergraduate and postgraduate programs across a broad range of disciplines, on-campus in Australia and around the world.
RMIT is now taking this excellence in work-connected learning online. Our new 100 per cent online, intensive postgraduate programs are designed for ambitious working professionals who are aiming high with their careers.
This carefully selected range of online programs brings together the academic rigour and industry connectivity of the on-campus versions and optimises them for the digital world. You’ll learn how to push the boundaries of what’s possible, create valuable connections and take your career into your own hands.
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