Course summary

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. 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. Objectives The Cyber Security MSc aims to help you:

• Specialise in advanced aspects of cyber security (including cryptography and network security) and information security management and security audits

• Investigate penetration-testing techniques using Metasploit

• Engage with researchers to develop your scientific knowledge and skills

• Explore and specialise in the socio-technical aspects of security, cybercrime and digital forensics

• Critically evaluate the technical, social and management dimensions of computing systems and technologies from a security perspective

• Gain tangible experience that extends across all the security specific core modules

• Acquire the knowledge, skills and techniques needed as a professional in computer science.

• The course features real-life scenarios and a cyber-security challenge to provide you with hands-on experience in testing and analysing computing systems: