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The Social Cyber and Tech Academy provides unique educational services in policy for cyber security, national security policy for cyberspace, and technology regulation. It delivers advanced professional education in cyber security policy, technology governance, and strategic leadership, with all programs delivered in partnership with Blended Learning International (BLI). The Academy combines research-led content and practitioner expertise with the educational rigour, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance of BLI, an Australian registered training organisation. The Academy is a subsidiary of the Social Cyber Group Pty Ltd.
Courses in 2026 include:
Cyber Organisational insight: Impact of Corporate Structures on Security Outcomes
Economic Policies for Cyber and Tech
Publkic Policy Principles for Cyber and Tech
The Crisis in Technology Diplomacy and Regulation
Understanding Cyber and Tech Policy in China
Graduate Program in Cyber Policy and Management
Social Cyber Group
With a Canberra HQ, the Social Cyber Group began as a startup at the University of New South Wales Canberra in 2019 after being challenged to monetise social science expertise to support better cyber security outcomes. Leading intelligence agencies have promoted a similar goal. SCG engages in projects in Australia and overseas. The leaders of the Social Cyber Group have shared their expertise with government agencies in Australia and overseas. SCG created the concept of 'social cyber value'. SCG operates at the leading edge of policy analysis and mobilisation, often behind the scenes.
Cyber security expertise and capability
The Social Cyber Group creates organisational insight essential for cyber security. It shapes opportunities for leaders in business and government to craft an enduring but flexible set of policies and procedures to ensure that technical security measures operate inside a healthy social cyber ecosystem. This ensures a comprehensive approach to reducing cyber incompetence, insecurity, and disinformation risks while maximising the gains from digital transformation.
Social Cyber Institute
The professional education courses of the Academy and BLI draw on the research activities of the Social Cyber Institute, a non-profit organisation that engages in research and policy dialogue with partners in Australia and internationally.
Blended Learning International
Blended Learning International is an innovative education and training company in Australia and the Asia Pacific that offers an extensive range of education, training, agency, and research services through four major divisions to students, professionals, government, community and corporate sectors. It has been in formal operations since 2003, and earlier developed as a “spin-off” from the Australian National University.
BLI does not offer standalone cyber programs. All cyber education is delivered through the Social Cyber and Technology Academy partnership.
Career opportunities and career pathways
The Social Cyber and Tech Academy offers roles as educators and interns. The Social Cyber Institute, one arm of the Social Cyber Group, offers roles as Fellows/Associate Fellows and interns.