Cyber Security MSc at City University London

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.