Overview
A Cyber Security Support Apprentice plays a vital role in maintaining the security and continuity of an organisation’s digital operations. They are responsible for monitoring and detecting potential security threats and escalating issues appropriately to ensure uninterrupted business activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the cyber security function, typically within a Security Operations Centre (SOC) or Network Operations Centre (NOC), under supervision
- Perform defined cyber security tasks in accordance with established procedures and standards
Implement and maintain security mechanisms and controls, including:
- Software patching and updates
- Access control configuration
- Firewall setup and management
- Deployment and monitoring of SIEM tools
- Use of protection tools such as anti-virus, anti-malware, and anti-spam solutions
Stakeholder Interaction
In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with a wide range of stakeholders including colleagues, managers, customers and internal and external suppliers. They would typically work as a member of a team; this may be office based or virtual.
Candidates for this course should be working in a related sector.
All applications will be reviewed on an individual basis. If you have experience or previous knowledge that will support your application please remember to include it. Apprentices without level 2 English and maths, aged 16-18, will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment.
Under new rules, apprentices aged 19 and over will no longer be required to achieve a Level 2 functional skills qualification in English and Maths to complete their apprenticeship. Although, the decision will be at the employers discretion, and apprentices are encouraged to discuss these requirements with their employer or training provider.
Training and assessment fee £11,000
Levy employers 100% contribution required.
Non-levy employers Co-invested government contribution 95% Employer 5% £600
As an employer that doesn’t pay the apprenticeship levy, you pay just 5% towards the cost of training and assessing an apprentice.
The government will pay the rest up to the funding band maximum.
You’ll pay the training provider directly and agree on a payment schedule.
If you employ fewer than 50 employees, the government will pay 100% of the apprenticeship training costs up to the funding band maximum for apprentices aged:
- 16 to 21
- 19 to 24 with an education, health and care plan provided by their local authority or has been in the care of their local authority
Paying employer National Insurance contributions
Employers may not need to pay Class 1 National Insurance contributions for an apprentice, if the apprentice is:
- under 25 years old
- on an approved UK government apprenticeship standard or framework (these can differ depending on country)
- earns less than £967 a week (£50,270 a year)
The apprentice, as an employee, will continue to pay Class 1 insurance contributions through their salary, this will only benefit the employer.
Read HMRC’s guidance on paying National Insurance contributions.
