Advanced Cyber Security & Digital forensics (Taught)

Expand your undergraduate degree-level knowledge with this advanced cyber security and digital forensics course. This master's degree will prepare you for a career across these intricate disciplines.

As part of this course, you'll:

Develop your knowledge and skills to solve a range of complex cyber security, computer system and network challenges
Learn to evaluate both theoretical and practical issues associated with the implementation and testing of cyber security and digital forensics systems
Begin to justify your solutions to problems, considering professional, ethical and legal requirements
Express a strong understanding of current issues and new technologies within the field of cyber security and digital forensics
Build your skills to reflect industry requirements by engaging with local and national industry partners
Think outside the box as you apply knowledge and techniques to create and interpret data about cyber security and digital forensics
Independently draw on your existing knowledge and synthesise new theory and techniques to produce an original dissertation/project

Develop your expertise

You'll gain advanced skills in challenging areas within digital forensics, such as image and video forensic investigations. In security areas, you'll obtain knowledge and expertise in software security exploitation development and the analysis and implementation of security mechanisms to defend and analyse systems.

Research study

This cyber security course will also develop your knowledge in research practices and advanced scholarship, as well as project development and management. The specialisation you'll gain through taught modules will be further enhanced through a practical master's dissertation project.

Practical learning

Cyber security and digital forensics is a hands-on subject area and it's important to gain applied experience. Practical exercises will allow you to implement your theoretical learning into practice and see how it relates to industry, enhancing your career prospects.

Boost your cyber security knowledge

If you don't have prior degree-level knowledge of cyber security, we offer the MSc Cyber Security course. This master's will boost your existing computing knowledge with a specific focus on cyber security.