MSc en cybersécurité

Knowledge and understanding

On completion of this qualification, you’ll have knowledge and understanding of:

• A range of cyber security tools, techniques, and systems and their application to business, societal and personal requirements
• The use of theory, practice and practical constraints to solve cybersecurity problems
• Cyber security systems, their development, specification and use, allowing their evaluation against a range of criteria such as related standards, codes of practice, quality and evaluation frameworks.

Cognitive skills

On completion of this qualification, you’ll be able to:

• Integrate knowledge and skills from various sources into a coherent whole, making appropriate abstractions
• Deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, using appropriate tools and techniques, notations and formalisms
• Poursuivre un projet original, indépendant et pratique impliquant un équilibre approprié entre recherche, développement, évaluation et examen et communiquer efficacement les objectifs, les processus et les résultats du projet.

Practical and/or professional skills

Une fois cette qualification obtenue, vous serez en mesure de :

• Recognise and respond to opportunities for innovation in cybersecurity
• Recognise social, legal, professional and ethical responsibilities and their appropriate application
• Critically evaluate developments in cyber security including the identification of limitations and risks, legal issues, cultural and ethical impact and societal and business needs
• Identify needs, articulate goals, locate and employ resources and follow action plans in support of independent learning and professional development.

Key skills

Une fois cette qualification obtenue, vous serez en mesure de :

• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, using appropriate channels and media and where appropriate incorporating research and practice from the forefront of the cyber security discipline and professional practice
• Make and articulate decisions, including collating appropriate evidence and opinions, even in the presence of incomplete information
• Independently apply problem solving principles; using appropriate underpinning knowledge and skills
• Review, evaluate, reflect on and critique your own work and the work of others, engaging in peer review processes that lead to innovation and improvement.

To gain this qualification, you need 180 credits as follows:

Stage 1 (120 credits)

120 crédits parmi :

• Information Security (M811)
• Digital Forensics (M812)
• Systems Security (M817)
• Network Security (T828)

Stage 2 (60 credits)

You’ll choose either:

• A Research route
• A Professional route

Research route

60 credits from:

• Research project (T802)

Professional route

30 credits from:

• MSc project: researching in context (T803)

Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued module T847.

30 credits from:

• Data management (M816)
• Project management (M815)
• Software development (M813)
• Software engineering (M814)
• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849)
• Technology and innovation management (TB801)

Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued modules T848 and U810.

Vous devez noter que la règle d'étude unique de l'Université s'applique à cette qualification. Cela signifie que vous devez inclure au moins 60 crédits issus de modules OU qui n'ont été pris en compte dans aucune autre qualification OU qui vous a déjà été attribuée. Notez notamment que vous pouvez compter les crédits des modules suivants pour une seule qualification : Projet de recherche (T802) ; Projet MSc : Recherche en contexte (T803).

Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods

Vous apprendrez de manière autonome, en utilisant des textes pédagogiques en ligne ; des packages multimédias sur CD, DVD et en ligne ; lecture dirigée de manuels scolaires et d'articles universitaires et industriels ; et des outils logiciels spécialisés.

We’ll support your learning with:

• Self-assessment questions and exercises
• Enquêtes, tâches et activités informatisées
• Project work
• Feedback and guidance from tutors and other subject specialists
• Computer conferences and other online forums
• Study guides, information and guidance packs.

We’ll assess your learning using some or all of the following:

• Devoirs interactifs notés par ordinateur (iCMA)
• Tutor-marked assessments (TMAs)
• Formal examinations
• Évaluations de fin de module (EMA)
• Rapports d'avancement et de projet.

There will be opportunities for you to:

• Apply your learning in practical contexts, for example by reflecting on your own engagement with computing systems in a home, work or social setting
• Engage with fellow students, tutors, subject practitioners and academic specialists in online groups
• Engage with research papers and industry white papers at the forefront of the discipline
• Gain exposure to the professional and employability discussions that are shaping the computing profession.