Cyber Security & Digital Forensics

Earn a master's in cyber security and digital forensics. You'll gain in-demand skills to analyse devices and protect businesses from attacks.

Develop the skills to perform digital forensic analysis on devices and implement cyber security mechanisms into any business on our cyber security master's university courses.

As part of this master's in cyber security and digital forensics, you’ll:

• Complete an extra year of specialist study to achieve a master's qualification

• Combine expertise in two fields of national importance

• Analyse digital devices, such as hard drives, in computer forensics modules to identify and investigate their contents

• Discover how to use your knowledge of computer systems and networks to protect businesses and users from malicious attacks in computer security modules

• Develop hands-on investigative and 'hacking' techniques

• Learn through practical applications on our bespoke Hacktivity system that replicates real-world business systems and potential attacks

ACCREDITATIONS
This course is accredited by the British Computer Society

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Enhance your expertise
Your final year of study will empower you to specialise in advanced digital forensics, including image and video forensic investigations. In the realm of cyber security, you’ll delve into software security exploitation development alongside the analysis and implementation of security mechanisms to protect and assess systems. This year will also enhance your understanding of research methodologies through a research or practical dissertation project.

Access to specialist software
You’ll acquire skills in digital forensic techniques and analysis using industry-standard tools like Encase and Cellebrite, as well as open-source alternatives such as Autopsy and FTK Imager. Joining the university’s Ethical Hacking Society will enable you to explore the latest trends in digital security, providing you with opportunities to attend lectures from industry experts that complement your learning.

Connect with Industry Professionals
You’ll gain experience in preparing and presenting work for use by courts of law and industry customers. Participating in conferences will enable you to network with professionals, enhancing your career opportunities. You might also have the chance to work with local employers as clients on your dissertation project.

Cybercrime and Security Innovation Centre
As part of our Cybercrime and Security Innovation Centre, teaching staff work with West Yorkshire Police to develop new ways of fighting cybercrime. This collaboration grants you access to pioneering research and valuable industry connections, offering essential insights into the real-world applications of computer security, including cyber security courses in the UK.

Placement opportunities
We work with various organisations to find placement opportunities for you. Our connections with the security and forensics industries, as well as legal contacts, provide you with avenues to enrich your educational experience.

Study choices
You can opt to study one of our cyber security university courses with our three-year BSc (Hons) Cyber Security & Digital Forensics, completing the same modules as the first three years of this master’s-level program. Alternatively, if you wish to concentrate solely on cyber security, we offer the BSc (Hons) Cyber Security.

Why study the MEng Cyber Security & Digital Forensics course at Leeds Beckett University?

• Professionally accredited by the British Computer Society

• Access to specialist software – including Hacktivity and EnCase to enable you to put your knowledge into practice

• Industry partnerships – including working with West Yorkshire Police

• Opportunity to join the Ethical Hacking Society – share ideas with your peers

• Placement opportunities – enhance your learning and add experience to your CV