Cyber Security and Robotics Work Experience Program: Australian Signals Directorate

17 hours ago


Canberra, Australia Australian Government Full time

Australian Public Service
- Brindabella, ACT
- 29 September - 03 October 2025

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is the national authority for information security and through its Work Experience Program offers students from Years 11-12 an opportunity to extend their knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with a focus on information/cyber security.

The ASD Work Experience Program offers a number of challenges designed to increase STEM knowledge and understanding, such as:

- Python programming
- Identifying security intrusions on a computer system
- Monitoring network traffic to detect exploits
- Conducting forensic examinations of hard drives
- Learning modern encryption methods and how they are used to protect data
- Using open-source software to recover keys and encrypt and decrypt data
- Performing geospatial analysis and utilizing geospatial tools for imagery analysis
- Engineering hardware and software solutions for security problems
- Robotics programming using Arduino
- Constructing electrical circuits At the completion of the ASD

Work Experience Program, students will present their achievements to mentors, work experience coordinators/teachers, parents and ASD leadership.

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