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Study Details: MSc 28 months part-time
Concerns about cyber security and information risk have led to a growing market for technical specialists, but there is also a need for more senior professionals with an awareness of both the technical and the business issues who can bridge the gap between IT security and business risk. Such professionals would be responsible for drawing up organisation strategies for managing risk, identifying trade-offs between multiple risks and the cost of protection, and advising higher management on these issues. Typical roles might include Security Architect, Chief Information Risk Manager, or Chief Security Officer.
This Masters programme is aimed at IT professionals with about 5 years experience and is intended to provide them with the skills that they need to progress to a management role in information security and risk. It covers both technical issues such as information security, quantitative risk assessment, and assurance, as well as more business oriented issues such as information leadership, enterprise architecture, and professional skills.
The course supports the extra breadth of knowledge required by people with professional experience to progress towards target roles in management or consulting on security, assurance and risk. This extra breadth is in the directions of:
You should have a first or second class BSc Honours Degree (or equivalent non-UK qualification). You should also have approximately 5 years of relevant professional experience (absolute minimum of 2 years in exceptional circumstances).
You should also have basic competence and familiarity with mathematics and good professional English.
For students whose first language is not English, one of the following qualifications is also required:
Part-time EU: £5,000 (per year) (2013/14 fees); Part-time Non EU: £6,750 (per year) (2013/14 fees)
Scholarships are available for suitably qualified candidates.
This course will appeal to companies and professionals that need to develop or improve their capability in managing IT-related security, in order to enter markets with higher demands of dependability and security, comply with new regulations, or re-qualify for new roles. Graduates should be suitable for consideration as the CSO or Security Architects and Senior Information Risk Managers. After the successful completion of the course candidates may also consider a PhD degree, towards an academic/research career.
Modules providing Professional Skills
Specialized Security and Risk Modules
Students also take an independent individual project, which applies the technical contents of the course to a concrete problem. The project may be executed during an internship in an outside organisation, within a successful internship scheme.
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