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Institute of Advanced Technological and Commercial Studies

Sectors

Security of people, property and information

Protecting a site, people and data now belongs to one broadened profession: physical surveillance and digital security are considered together.

What actually happens there

Protecting a site, people and data now belongs to one broadened profession: physical surveillance and digital security are considered together.

  • Access control and site surveillance
  • Risk prevention and emergency response
  • Securing information systems and access
  • Incident handling and report writing
  • Raising team awareness of good practice

The posts the sector opens

Cybersecurity is the fastest-growing side, and it opens to those who already know physical security reflexes: it is the same risk culture.

Each corresponds to a professional qualification in the filed catalogue.

named roles
4
activities listed
5
linked programmes
4
  • Cybersecurity officer
  • Health, safety and environment officer
  • Systems support and administration technician
  • Works team leader

Available depth, by area

This field draws on 175 catalogue modules across 3 areas. The volumes below come from the repository and are recounted at every publication.

Cybersecurity
18 (10 %)
Industry & HSE
140 (80 %)
Development
17 (10 %)
Total: 175 modules
AreaModulesOf which open from the start
Cybersecurity1810
Industry & HSE1406
Development175

Your route, with the figures

Every row is read from the official catalogue: duration, taught hours and the amount in Guinean francs are those that bind you, and they change here the day they change there. The total credits represented by these programmes is 378.

ProgrammeDurationTaught hoursFees
Cybersecurity programme — Bac+5 level2 years1 200 h7 500 000 GNF per year
Health, Industrial Safety and Environment2 years1 200 h5 400 000 GNF per year
Networks and Cloud2 years1 200 h5 600 000 GNF per year
Certificate in Industrial Site Safety Management6 months180 h3 800 000 GNF in total

The questions we are asked

Can I move from physical security to cybersecurity?

It is a frequent and logical transition: risk analysis, access control and incident handling are the same practices applied to another terrain.

Do I need to be an IT specialist?

The track itself lays the necessary systems and networking foundations. Risk culture and rigour count at least as much.

Does the sector recruit outside large companies?

Yes: any organisation handling customer or patient data has the same need, whatever its size.

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