Cyber Security (Taught)

What is the MSc Cyber Security?

The MSc Cyber Security is a one-year degree studied at our Colchester Campus.

You’ll gain a strong grasp of the current cyber security landscape and become a capable cyber security professional within in.

Why this course

The MSc Cyber Security gives you a practical, real-world embedding of current cyber security-related technologies and prepares you to deploy them imaginatively in a fast-developing threat-laden world. You’ll develop your ability to critically evaluate the theories, techniques and systems in your chosen specialism, whether that’s security by design, digital identity, digital forensics or network security.

You’ll graduate with the essential skills needed to support cyber security across the private and public sectors.

Who should apply

• Future cyber security experts and software engineers

• Graduates of computing and computer science

• Those interested in securing a range of systems and technologies across industries

• Computational thinkers with great grasp of pattern recognition and algorithms

Course Modules

You can tailor your learning experience with a choice of optional modules. More information about these can be found on the University of Essex website.