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CyberCX and Monash University Team Up to Offer Bachelor of CyberAI Degree

The Australian Financial Review

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Date Published
29 July 2026
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29 July 2026, 06:00 am

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Cybersecurity firm CyberCX and Monash University have teamed up to help address Australia’s shortage of experts able to take on hackers.

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This partnership addresses the critical intersection of AI and cybersecurity by establishing a specialized degree focused on defending against AI-enhanced cyber threats. As state-backed actors and criminal syndicates leverage frontier AI to automate attacks, the initiative aims to build a workforce capable of mitigating large-scale digital risks. The program identifies AI literacy as a strategic imperative for national security, specifically within the Australian context of protecting industrial and governmental infrastructure from catastrophic data breaches or system failures. This represents a proactive educational response to the dual-use nature of AI capabilities in adversarial environments.

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PolicyHealth & EducationCybersecurityPrint articleMaani TruuEducation correspondentJul 29, 2026 – 5.00amA shortage of cybersecurity experts has left Australian organisations vulnerable as state-backed hackers and criminal gangs harness artificial intelligence to accelerate their attacks, warns the head of one of the country’s most prominent cybersecurity firms.CyberCX founder and chief executive John Paitaridis believes there is a simple solution: “We’ve got to prepare the next generation of cybersecurity professionals to be more AI literate. That’s the strategic imperative; we need to tackle this head-on.”Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleRead MoreCybersecurityMonash UniversityCyber warfareAIFetching latest articles