Computer Networking, Automation and Management (Top-Up)

UCEN Manchester

This course examines the management of systems in data centres, virtualisation and the provision of cloud and hybrid services. The course is designed for students wanting to specialise in areas such as the management and the security of networked systems used in data centre that support local and cloud-based services. Large-scale data is stored in data centres with networked services provided using virtualisation technologies, while 'big data' requires several different approaches for storage and analysis. Cybersecurity operations play a key part of securing information systems through the monitoring, detecting, investigating, analysing, and responding to security events, thus protecting systems from cybersecurity risks, threats, and vulnerabilities. Such roles are among the fastest-growing roles in IT, as organisations set up security operations centres (SOCs), and establish teams to monitor and respond to security incidents. Applicants for this programme will be interested in computer networking, networked management and cybersecurity. Students will study a balance of modules around the themes of data storage technologies and an awareness of cybersecurity issues.