Cyber Security MSc

This course is designed for graduate students and IT/ICT professionals who want to prepare for a successful career in computer, network and information security. It will help you to develop your specialist analytical, operational and development skills in both technical and socio-technical areas of cyber security.<br/><br/>This Masters programme will particularly suit students who have completed a first degree in a computing subject, such as computer science or business computing. It will also suit graduates who have completed a numerate subject with a significant computing component, such as applied mathematics, engineering or physics.<br/><br/>**Objectives**<br/>The Cyber Security MSc aims to help you:<br/><br/><br/>- Specialise in advanced aspects of cyber security (including cryptography and network security) and information security management and security audits<br/><br/><br/>- Investigate penetration-testing techniques using Metasploit<br/><br/><br/>- Engage with researchers to develop your scientific knowledge and skills<br/><br/><br/>- Explore and specialise in the socio-technical aspects of security, cybercrime and digital forensics<br/><br/><br/>- Critically evaluate the technical, social and management dimensions of computing systems and technologies from a security perspective<br/><br/><br/>- Gain tangible experience that extends across all the security specific core modules<br/><br/><br/>- Acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques needed as a professional in computer science.<br/><br/><br/>- The course features real-life scenarios and a cyber-security challenge to provide you with hands-on experience in testing and analysing computing systems:<br/><br/><br/>Semester 1 - become an ethical hacker. Your challenge: to identify flaws in a computer system by breaking its crypto components and retrieving sensitive information from an e-commerce company.<br/>Semester 2 - become an investigator. Your challenge: to analyse network traffic, logs and detect attacks in a companys network. You must trace hackers and bring them to justice with concrete proof and reporting.<br/><br/>Accredited by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional and on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of partially meeting the academic requirement for a Chartered Engineer.<br/><br/>This programme is certified by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) signifying our high-quality education in Cyber Security.