MSc Cyber Security
Ravensbourne University London
Key Information
Campus location
Greenwich Peninsula, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Become an expert in cybercrime prevention
If you are a graduate or professional with a background in computing, networking or related fields with a desire to update your skills in cyber security and expand your network, then this course is for you. The MSc Cyber Security programme offers modules in a range of essential topics, including network security, cyber incidence management, cyber forensics and open source intelligence.
Why study this master in cyber security ?
- Gain highly desirable skills in cyber security
- Gain master-level skills in systems architecture, network security and incidence response
- Gain highly desirable skills in computer forensics and open-source intelligence
- Learn the current challenges facing cybersecurity professionals
- Develop your skills in responsible innovation
- Gain business and entrepreneurial skills that will enhance your employability
- Experience a learning-by-doing approach to cybersecurity education
- Improve your future employment prospects
- Improve your professional network by meeting people with similar interests and different skillsets
- Be part of a tech-literate creative community
Ideal Students
Graduates and professionals with a background in computing, networking or related fields to update their skills and professional network by studying cyber security.
Curriculum
MSc Cyber Security aims to provide students with technical skills in cyber security, while also improving their understanding of secure design principles, through modules such as systems architecture, and how to respond to cyber incidents, with modules such as 'cyber incidence management.'
Uniquely, this cyber security programme offers a module in open source intelligence, which is an emerging, popular field found at the intersection of cyber security, forensics and intelligence.
It also offers modules in business development and innovation and responsibility, which will help you understand how your cyber security skills may be commercialised and applied to business and other domains.
Key study topics
- Cyber security
- Network security
- Innovation and responsibility
- Cyber incidence management
- Business development
- Cyber forensics
- Open-source intelligence (OSINT)
- Dissertation
Admissions
Career Opportunities
These are the types of cyber security jobs you could potentially move into after graduation:
- Network architect
- Cloud security architect
- Cyber security analyst
- Penetration tester
- Incident responder
- System administrator
- Cyber security consultant