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Study Details: 1 year
This unique MSc programme offers you a clear path to a successful career in the fast-moving and exciting area of cybersecurity. The programme has been developed by leading researchers at the Cardiff Centre for Cyber Security Research in close collaboration with industry experts from PwC.
We aim to equip you with an in-depth understanding of the ever-changing cyber threat landscape and the wide range of cyberattacks on operating systems, computer networks and web-applications. The course helps you develop a solid understanding of underlying technologies, their weaknesses and how they can be efficiently secured. In addition to covering theoretical foundations of computer science and cyber security, the programme includes a significant, hands-on component of practical application.
The security techniques and methods taught include, but are not limited to, network traffic analysis, network enumeration, port scanning, network segmentation, prevention of injection attacks, prevention of common web-app attacks (injection attacks, XSS, CSRF), secure configuration of cloud-based IT environments. You will learn to perform digital and network forensic investigations and analysis using modern forensics tools and software packages. The programme will also inform you about the human-factors affecting cyber security, privacy issues, cyber security legislation and regulations.
In order to be considered for an offer for this programme you will need to meet all of the entry requirements. Your application will not be progressed if the information and evidence listed is not provided.
With your online application you will need to provide:
A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:2 honours degree in a relevant subject areas, such as Computing, IT or Software Engineering, or an equivalent international degree. If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates.
Evidence of modules which demonstrate proficiency in programming and a relevant project. This may also be achieved by professional experience evidenced by a signed and dated employer reference.
A copy of your IELTS certificate with an overall score of 6.5 with 6.0 in all subskills, or evidence of an accepted equivalent. Please include the date of your expected test if this qualification is pending. If you have alternative acceptable evidence, such as an undergraduate degree studied in the UK, please supply this in place of an IELTS.
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Our graduates are well prepared for leadership roles in cyber security and for a career in industrial, commercial, or governmental organisations with particular responsibility for information and cyber security, including cyber security management and risk assessment, network security and operating system security, penetrating testing and forensic investigations.
Career destinations include: information security manager, cyber security risk manager, technical security roles in IT and computer forensics, identity management roles, secure systems developer, and industrial and university research.
Core Modules:
Cyber Security and Risk Management
Penetration Testing and Malware Analysis
Computer and Network Forensics
Cloud and Database Systems Security
Developing Secure Systems and Applications
Operating Systems Security
Dissertation
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