MSc Cyber Security (Part-Time) drafted
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Program Overview
What will I study?
Incidents of cyber-crime have increased in the UK by 48% from 2013-14 according to PwC’s Global State of Information Security Survey 2015, costing the UK up to £27bn a year. While their 2016 survey has reported a significant shift in the way organisations are taking action, including their willingness to invest in security.
Our MSc Cyber Security will teach you how to handle security incidents, identify new and existing threats and determine methods to minimise them. We will also provide in-depth coverage of the fundamental concepts, principles and technologies for network security. Going beyond just theoretical theory, you will be given a practical understanding of governance and assurance, along with technology risk practices.
Our MSc Cyber Security has been awarded provisional certification in Cyber Security from the
NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre)
. This places us in an elite group of postgraduate providers which have achieved this standard.How will I be taught and assessed?
Our MSc Cyber Security is designed to allow you to fit your studies around your working life and is assessed through modular assignments, and a final dissertation.
15.5 weekends
spread throughout the 2-year programme.24
hours
(for theoretical modules) or30 hours
(for technical modules) of overall contact time delivered through interactive workshops and face-to-face classroom sessions.independent study
, between 164 – 176 hours for each module. This will be supported by your module tutor and will consist of pre-class reading preparation, research, skills development, assessment preparation and online testing and diagnostics.Assessment
includes a range of assessment methods including assignments, presentations and group work.Technology-enhanced
learning is embedded throughout the course to guide your preparation for seminars and independent researchstudent support
in and outside of the classroom with a dedicated student support team based in London.Careers and further study
Cyber security has become an increasingly recurring issue for businesses, governments and the public. Recent hacks include the US presidential election, Yahoo’s ‘biggest data breach in history’ and the continual release of information by WikiLeaks, the financial cost to business is estimated to be
as high as $6 trillion by 2021
. Given this, businesses and governments alike have significantly invested in their cyber security systems.With all this investment, there are a plethora of career options following completion of this course, typical roles include:
Related reading
From your Programme Leader,
Hamid Jahankhani
:
Cyber Security Experts of the Future: The Role of Early Education on Cyber Security Awareness in the UK
What is Cyber Crime and How Can Cyber Criminology Help Reduce Victimisation?
Fighting Cyber-Crime
Cyber Security reading:
Threats to Information Security 2019
A Year On: Catching Up With A Cyber Security Alumnus
The Year So Far in Cyber Security
Meet our Cyber Security Lecturer: Dr John McCarthy
The State of Cyber Security
11th International Conference on Global Security, Safety and Sustainability
High Flying Jobs in Cyber Security
The 11%; Where are the Women in Cyber Security?
Popular Course: Cyber Security
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