Case Study: Republic Polytechnic achieves hands-on, industry-benchmarked cybersecurity training with Keysight (Ixia)

Republic Polytechnic Partners with Ixia to Nurture Cybersecurity Professionals

Republic Polytechnic faced a growing skills gap as Singapore’s organizations grappled with increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, lack of complete network visibility, and a shortage of cybersecurity professionals. To give its Diploma in Infocomm Security Management (DISM) students real-world experience, Republic Polytechnic partnered with Keysight, leveraging Ixia technologies such as traffic generators and Application and Threat Intelligence (ATI) to build industry‑benchmarked training and simulation environments.

Keysight implemented a cyber range and SOC lab using Ixia traffic-generation and ATI tools, plus network simulation and operational scenario exercises as part of the three-year DISM program. The result is an authentic, hands-on curriculum that produces graduates skilled in ethical hacking, intrusion detection/prevention, application visibility, and network resiliency—ready for hire by organizations and better able to meet security assurance requirements. Keysight’s solutions therefore directly supported Republic Polytechnic in developing work‑ready cybersecurity professionals.

Republic Polytechnic

James Tham

Programme Chair of Diploma in Infocomm Security Management of the School of Infocomm