Main Information
Program ID : 137
Added By : President
Languages : en
Program Title : Master of Cyber Security
Type of Qualification : Master
Category : College of Sciences and Technology
Mode Of Study : Online - Self Paced
Program Delivered In The Following Languages : English
Length of program : 6 Months on Average
Number of Lectures :
Number Of Study Hours :
Qualification Accredited/Approved By :
Price (£) : 6000
Program Details
Program Description : Become a digital crime fighter. Learn how to protect the world’s computer systems, programs, networks and devices from cyber threats and attacks by exploring cyber security and digital forensics.
Computing infrastructure is now vital for communication, government, commerce, and control of our physical environment, and is a potential target of criminal attacks.
Admission Criteria :
Who Is This Program Designed For : Graduates are well prepared for a career in industrial, commercial, or governmental organisations with particular responsibility for information, network and process security.
Career destinations include: information security manager, risk manager, technical security roles in computer forensics, identity management roles, secure systems developer, and industrial and university research.
Characteristics Of Program : A student who successfully completes the course will have achieved the following Course Learning Outcomes:
✔️Demonstrate a critical awareness of the legal frameworks, ethical and professional issues of cyber security.
✔️Perform systematic risk assessment, identification and analysis in accordance with international standards and demonstrate an ✔️ability to deal with complex issues.
✔️Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of network and information systems secure communication technologies and ✔️protocols and their application to contemporary Internet and mobile-based solutions and technologies.
✔️Evaluate and justify a suitable methodology and tools for vulnerability assessment of a system. Conduct and report an ethically ✔️based security audit and test to a professional standard, recommending and specifying suitable countermeasures.
✔️Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the theoretical concepts and implementation of current security frameworks and ✔️architectures as well as cryptographic protocols and algorithms. Be able to assess systems’ security requirements and apply ✔️secure design methodology and formal methods in systems design, implementation and testing.
✔️Apply appropriate technological solutions and processes in the detection, management and investigation of information security ✔️incidents, and document a digital investigation from a legal and professional standpoint.
✔️Demonstrate a critical awareness of current issues and new technologies in cyber security.
✔️Extrapolate from existing research, scholarship and/or fieldwork findings to identify new or revised approaches to practice.
✔️Conduct rigorous research / formal enquiry into cyber security issues that require familiarity with a range of technologies, research ✔️sources and appropriate methodologies, and for such to inform the overall learning process.
Program Content : Cyber Security is a dynamic area of computing science. It's about understanding:
how the features and vulnerabilities of a system can be exploited by attackers .
how to detect, prevent and respond to these attackers.
Cyber Security is also a process, requiring input from and interaction with end-users, stakeholders, decision-makers or system designers.
Additional Info :
Program Certification
- Master's in Cyber Security [ Free ]
- Official Transcript [ Free ]
Modes of study : Online
