MSc Cyber Security with Professional Practice
Bachelor's degree
In Wolverhampton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Wolverhampton
MSc Cyber Security with Professional Practice offers a unique opportunity for international and home students to gain relevant work experience within an external business or organisation, giving you a competitive edge in the job market.
The placement is undertaken between the taught part of the course and the dissertation; and will usually be 4 months in duration from May/June to September. Our MSc Cyber Security with Professional Practice offers the option of going on a placement, which can be paid or unpaid. Placement students are valuable to employers and many of our placements are paid. All applications are on a competitive basis and students secure positions through their own efforts. Some assistance in preparation for applying for placements will be provided, however the employer has the final say. The work undertaken by the student must be of an adequate standard in an area of work strongly related to the content of the MSc Cyber Security with Professional Practice Programme and the appropriateness of any placement will be assessed and approved by a member of the academic team on an individual basis. Your placement will enable you to boost your learning with hands on experience and apply your theoretical knowledge to real life work experience
Although the placement is not guaranteed, the University maintains links with a wide network of organisations who offer placement opportunities.
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You will undertake a wide range of learning activities including:
Computer-based learning
Supported learning using the University VLE (CANVAS) as a learning tool, for
information and interactive communications
Lectures
Tutorials (smaller group/one-to-one)
Workshops
Case studies
Structured laboratory exercises
Individual structured assignment-based learning
Directed study
Individual or group exercises
Research project investigations
Assessment methods will include:
Written reports
Essays
Literature reviews
Professional practice
Exams
Presentations
Students will also have the opportunity to engage in formative assessment throughout the course, especially during exercises in the practise sessions where their tutors will give feedback on progress and performance for each of the tasks allocated. The assessment strategy for this course is designed around a holistic evaluation on knowledge and skills acquired with a strong emphasis on the requirements for this mode of delivery and diverse skills, background and expectations of the target audience. All assessments used in the course are in perfect alignment with University requirements, regulations and policies. Coursework assignments typically incorporate formative feedback so that students can gain an insight into whether their work is meeting the necessary thresholds and focus on meaningful remarks to improve both their performance and understanding in the subject matter. Students will also get the opportunity to be engaged in guest lectures from leading experts in the area and be taught by active researchers and trainers in all modules as part of the programme.
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Subjects
- Network Training
- Team Training
- Project Management
- Project
- Network
Course programme
Module: 7CS023
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The purpose of this unit is to provide an in-depth and specialised knowledge on penetration testing and vulnerability assessment. Students will be introduced to Ethical Hacking and the concept of offensive security with cutting-edge tools and research-informed delivery. Students will learn how to look for weaknesses in a target system to test the security posture for exploits in a lawful and legitimate way. This requires a skill set that includes but not limited to computer networks, operating systems but also aspects of psychology and the human behaviour.
Module: 7CS022
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
Incident management describes methods to identify, analyse, and correct hazards to prevent a future re-occurrence. The purpose of this unit is to provide specialised and research-informed knowledge with hands-on practicals on cutting-edge incident response and digital forensics methods. The full life cycle of an incident responder is covered from building a CERT-team to utilising ‘sound’ forensics tools to collect, safeguard, transport and analyse digital evidence. This includes secure stakeholder management within organisational context fully considering ethical and professional responsibilities, but also practical exhibition of the digital investigation process with the application of modern commercial and open-source tools, the judicial process and relevant laws within the UK and critical aspects of international laws affecting incident responders. Students will also be learning about expert testimony and technical topics such as file carving techniques, file systems, network forensics, TCP/IP steganography, memory analysis, in addition to threats associated with emerging technologies such as Internet-of-Things (IoT).
Module: 7CS018
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The module seeks to address the discipline of Information Governance and compliance and its associated theories, practices and principles that govern any modern information system in alignment with multi-disciplinary structures, processes and procedures. Particular focus is given to the frameworks, standards and strategies for managing an organisation’s information assets with all the underpinned legal and regulatory requirements need to be fulfilled within existing and emerging Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) frameworks.
Module: 7CS024
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
Motivated by the growing importance of Internet-of-Things (IoT), this module will provide specialised knowledge and hands-on practicals covering IoT devices and applications while focusing on security. IoT is a fusion of interconnected devices of various sized and complexities with examples ranging from simple sensors to autonomous vehicles and smart homes, therefore, it is essential to learn how to identify emerging threats and plan mitigation techniques to minimise vulnerabilities. Examples of fundamental underpinning technologies enabling IoT include wireless sensor networks, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and embedded systems.
Module: 7CS017
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
Cyber Defence has become one of the biggest business priorities in an attempt to deal with dynamic attack vectors while still relying on static controls and measures. It is a systematic approach to help organisation to better articulate, manage and change threat thresholds and improve the effectiveness of security controls. This module seeks to address the core principles, methods, tools and products available used in proactive network defence with the aim of preventing cyber-attacks or decreasing the time taken to discover them. The module guides the students through the fundamentals of building and evaluating successful and secure network communication platforms with focus on all strategic, tactical and operational aspects.
Module: 7CS025
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module will enable students to gain valuable industrial experience by undertaking a development task associated with a short work placement. A portfolio will be used to gather records of the tasks undertaken and experienced gained.
Module: 7CS019
Credits: 20
Period: 1
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module introduces students to research and methodologies used to underpin scientific work, data analysis, hypothesis’ establishment and artefact validation in understanding research on an appropriate subject discipline. The material in this module is carefully designed to meet students’ needs and requirements for the programme of study alongside with essential project management skills dictating research activities. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of tools, techniques, methodologies and processes in the field of project management. This module covers traditional approaches in literature review as essential preparation for the project stage and draws expertise from other departments within the University including Library Services.
Module: 7CS020
Credits: 60
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
Whether the student progresses to further study or into employment, one of the most important skills expected of a computing professional is the ability to work creatively under the appropriate guidance of a member of staff. It is therefore essential that the students use and develop comprehensively knowledge and skills gained from other units, and from their wider educational and working background (e.g. their first degree which may be in a subject area rather than computing), in a major integrative exercise. The project module is an ideal vehicle for this purpose. Students will be expected to develop an idea (most likely generated by a member of academic staff) and demonstrate their ability to develop it further, producing a suitable artefact by applying their technical, analytical, practical and managerial skills in an integrated manner. They are required to emphasise on a topic which sufficiently reflects on the course they are studying and get an ethical approval prior to commencing their work. No student can proceed to the project without gaining prior ethical approval. Normally students will retain their own intellectual property unless they are sponsored by a company or funded by an organization and the contractual agreement with the organization dictates them to transfers these IP rights. Also, students will not normally undertake projects that require security clearance.
Module: 7CS025
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module will enable students to gain valuable industrial experience by undertaking a development task associated with a short work placement. A portfolio will be used to gather records of the tasks undertaken and experienced gained.
As a student in this course, you will have a learning journey underpinned by our innovative research projects and strong links with the government and industry. You will have access to our team at the Wolverhampton Cyber Research Institute (WCRI) to learn with a first-hand experience how we address the unique complexity and challenges associated with cybersecurity in a constantly evolving threat landscape.
The diverse skill set around management of security as delivered in the course will equip you with a meaningful GRC knowledge and relevant experience to excel your career prospects. This is quite prominent due to the problem recruiters have to get hold of security managers with these skills. Interactive sessions in the form of demos will also be delivered by the teaching staff and guest speakers to further leverage understanding and stimulate attention towards relevant and pragmatic issues in the area.
The unit ‘Research Methodologies and Project Management’ in particular requires you to work in a team to apply a current project management methodology that embraces all of these knowledge areas related to Cyber Security. You will be exposed to all stages of planning, execution and project control; you will work as part of a team, take responsibility and make autonomous decisions that impact on the project team performance.
The course has been designed in close consultation with Information Security industry experts and utilises unique tools and platforms to deliver its core elements, skills and capabilities required in the field.
MSc Cyber Security with Professional Practice