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Study Details: Full Time (1 years)
Part Time (2 years)
Advance your skills in Cyber security – a government priority area. Provisionally certified by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), this course covers all aspects of cyber security, including network, computer and information security. Alongside this, the course focuses on the business context, so that students can progress their careers more rapidly and aim specifically at management positions.
The course is designed for those who’d like to develop a career as a cyber security professional, or to take a leading technical or managerial role. It’s suitable for those from a computer science or information technology education background. The programme is also able to cater for those with no formal studies in computer science – but where you can demonstrate significant interest in cyber security.
By having GDPR in action, there’ll be more roles in companies for Information Security Managers, which makes the MSc Cyber Security a brilliant opportunity for a huge market need.
You should hold at least a 2.2 Bachelor’s degree with honour related to a computing or engineering discipline.
The Bachelor’s degree must have provided you with a solid foundation to enable you to begin the MSc Cyber Security with some prior knowledge of computing, cyber security, data management and analysis.
During this course you’ll benefit from our many links with the cyber security industry, giving you the opportunity to develop your professional networks and enhance your employability. Our strong industry connections have also informed our curriculum development and support opportunities for research.
You’ll graduate with the technical and business skills to thrive in the ever-growing cyber security industry, whether you choose to pursue a technical or managerial role. You’ll be ideally placed for a range of careers including security analyst, cyber security consultant and chief technical offer.
Core Modules:
Dissertation (CT7004)
Information Security Management (CT7075)
Network Security (CT7076)
Research Methods for Computing (CT7094)
Human Factors in Cyber Security (CT7098)
Cyber Security Principles (CT7099)
Optional Modules:
Secure System Architecture (CT7031)
Advanced Malware Analysis (CT7073)
Adversarial Behaviour (CT7074)
Artificial Intelligence (CT7080)
Network Security Administration (CT7081)
Blockchain Technology (CT7100)
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