Course Overview

Build your undergraduate degree-level knowledge of cyber security and digital forensics. This master's course will help to prepare you for a career across these intricate disciplines.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Gain a critical appreciation and understanding of the more complex elements of cyber security and digital forensics, combining both academic principles and industrial needs
• Develop skills that reflect industry requirements through employer engagement
• Take part in scheduled sessions including lectures, lab exercises and discussion groups
• Participate in activities such as simulations, role-play, case studies, projects, practical work, work-based learning, workshops, peer tutoring, peer group interaction, self-managed teams and learner managed learning
• Conduct critical research and professional analysis, develop solutions, evaluate your work and create a report to present to your supervisors through a dissertation project

Career

This course will provide you with advanced knowledge in cyber security and digital forensics and will broaden your employability prospects within the IT industry. Possible career paths could include roles such as:

• Security architect
• Malware analyst
• Security analyst
• Forensic analyst
• System/network/web/application penetration tester
• Security auditor
• Incident responder