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Course Overview

As the number of sophisticated cyber-attacks increases across the world, so too does the demand for graduates with the necessary skills and expertise to support an organisations ability to protect themselves against security threats and digital incursion.

The MSc Cyber Security course will equip you with the latest knowledge and understanding of the threats associated with the use of technology in business and how best to deal with them. You will cover both the technical and management/governance areas required to operate in the cybersecurity profession, allowing you to develop a range of key transferable skills valued by employers in both the public and private sectors. You will also benefit from being taught by staff who are at the forefront of their subject area.

What you will study?

You will study the following modules:

  • Network Security (20 credits)
    To enable students to evaluate, synthesize and validate the identification of security issues and their associated impacts against devices and protocols that make up networks and distributed systems.
     
  • Security Management (20 credits)
    To provide a knowledge of the tools and techniques available to secure and manage, in a meaningful manner, an information system.
To develop the students’ ability to manage the security of an information system at a strategic, tactical, and operational level.
     
  • Incident Response and Incident Management (20 credits)
    To evaluate, analyze and synthesize the capability to perform incident management and incident response.
     
  • Cyber Law and IT Governance (20 credits) - the UK only
    To develop a critical understanding of UK and EU legislation and organisational responsibility in relation to Cyberspace, Information Technology and IT strategic governance.
  • Cyber and Digital Investigations (20 credits)
    This module will enable students to synthesize knowledge of the tools, techniques, and practices associated with digital forensics and to apply computer forensics principles to a range of problems. In addition, they will develop a critical understanding of the law relating to digital forensics and a thorough understanding of cybercrime and possible mitigations.
  • MSc Project (60 credits)
    To provide the opportunity for students to employ autonomy and originality in the application of their computing, award and research skills to a complex problem. To provide an opportunity for the student to investigate a topical, award-relevant issue of their choice in some depth. To produce a justified solution to a significant problem that is informed by a critical review of research. To further develop the student's investigative, research, writing, and presentation skills as a self-directed, autonomous learner.
     
  • Project Management and Research Methodology (20 credits)
    To understand current developments in project management, its techniques, and tools, and to determine and use appropriate ones in contexts where there are many interacting factors.

Entry Requirement 

The MSc Cyber Security is designed for graduates with a minimum of 2:2 Honours degree or equivalent. Candidates should have very good IT skills.

The course welcomes international applicants and requires an English level of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component or equivalent.

Fees

Full-time UK:  £9000

Full-time International:  £14500 

Part-time UK:  £1000 per 20 credits


This information was accurate on : 03/05/2021
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