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Study Details: 1 year-16 months full-time
3 years part-time
Prevent and prosecute digital crime, by shaping your IT skills for a connected business world that craves your expertise.
You'll study twin, linked disciplines on this Master's: cyber security – protecting data and systems from cyber attack, and forensic information technology – detecting and collecting digital evidence of criminal activity. You'll explore methods used by hackers, and how to prevent or combat them. You'll also learn the procedures to follow after an attack, and how to present this information to investigators or court officials.
In our computer labs and forensic facilities, you'll infect a virtual machine with a virus of your own, overcome anti-forensic tools that try to hide evidence of crime, and make a mock arrest of a cybercriminal. You'll dig into cryptography, hacking and formal computer languages, such as Linux.
A second-class honours degree in a relevant subject, including Computer Sciences, Legal or Social Sciences, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
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You'll graduate from this Master's with skills that are in heavy demand. The UK Government's £2.6 billion National Cyber Strategy aims to "ensure the UK continues to be a leading responsible and democratic cyber power", and shows how businesses in the private and public sectors need to fill a large cyber skills gap to meet that aim.
You'll have studied twin disciplines within that skills gap, so you'll be qualified for roles in preventing digital crime, or investigating and prosecuting those who commit it.
Core:
Masters Project - 60 credits
Challenges in Cyber Forensics - 30 credits
Computer and Mobile Forensics - 30 credits
Systems, Security and Hacking - 30 credits
Optional modules:
Big Data and Machine Learning Applications - 30 credits
Business Intelligence - 15 credits
Cloud Computing - 15 credits
Cyber Security for Information Systems - 15 credits
Data Visualisation and Exploratory Analytics - 15 credits
Global Cybersecurity Issues - 15 credits
Information Warfare - 20 credits
Network Services and Cyber Security - 30 credits
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