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Study Details: 12 months full-time
What's special about the MSc in Cyber Security offered by Strathclyde is its depth of and breadth of coverage of the cyber security landscape.
Cyber security problems cannot be truly understood solely from a technical or sociological perspective. Cyber security experts should shift perspectives between attackers and defenders, identify human factors, economic motives, and operate within regulatory constraints.
The course will create new cyber security leaders capable of formulating their own abstractions which enable them to manage conceptually the infinite range of attack vectors that increasingly sophisticated actors may attempt to exploit.
Applicants require, at a minimum, a second-class (2:2) honours degree or international equivalent in computer science or a closely related discipline. Significant programming experience is required.
If you come from a closely related subject, you would be expected to have experience in the following areas:
computer networking (familiarity with OSI layer networking such as Ethernet/Wi-Fi, MAC addressing, IP addressing, TCP/UDP, sockets, DNS, DHCP, and HTTP/HTTPS protocols)
mathematics behind computer science, particularly discrete mathematics topics such as logic, set theory, graph theory, probability, and automata theory
It is well-known there is a shortage of skilled cyber security professionals, indeed most medium to large companies now have a dedicated cyber security team. Particularly in sectors such as finance and critical infrastructure the cyber security teams play a central role in the business model of the organisation. The university provides career advice through specialist industry-specific career sessions from our award-winning Careers Service. There is also an IT careers fair.
In addition, there will be peer support via the parallel Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) in Cyber Security. Students taking the GA are employed in cyber security roles in a range of companies across Scotland. Information sharing will be facilitated between GA students and students taking the MSc in Cyber Security for additional first-hand experience of the market entry points.
Information Security Fundamentals (10 credits)
Advanced Human Centred Security (20 credits)
Security Protocols and Threat Models (20 credits)
Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues for the Information Society (10 credits)
Vulnerability Assessment & Security Testing (20 credits)
Advanced Security-by-Design (20 credits)
Research Topics in Cyber Security (10 credits)
Research Methods (10 credits)
Individual Project (60 credits)
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