Network and Information Security (Taught)

Reasons to choose Kingston

• This course is fully certified with the NCSC.

• You can use a state-of-the-art cyber lab, with specialist cyber security tools, resources and equipment. This enables you to work in a safe sandbox environment for practical experiments with malware, penetration testing, port scanning and other ethical hacking activities.

• You may combine this course with management studies, setting your knowledge in a management context.

About this course
This course offers a critical awareness of current developments and future trends in cryptography, network security and mobile/wireless security.
You will explore techniques and technologies to combat threats such as malware, social engineering, data leakage or zero-day attacks, based on understanding secure authentication mechanisms, access control, intrusion detection, information security policies and user education. A project/ dissertation will enable you to study an area of interest in depth; it can be an excellent selling point.

Example modules
Cryptography and Applications
Network and Information Security
Mobile Security (Cyber Pathway)

For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston University course webpage.

Career opportunities
Graduates have progressed to work at Google, ECS and Lloyd’s, in roles such as ethical hacker, cyber security engineer and security consultant.