MSc Cybersecurity

This course will provide you with an advanced knowledge of cybersecurity topics and specialist areas including:

• Information security management
• Information risk management
• Implementation of secure systems
• Information assurance
• Incident (breach) management
• Business continuity.

You'll develop your research skills and be able to apply them in your career as a cybersecurity professional. The topics you'll study will build your interest in the many applications of cybersecurity, including:

• AI for cyber defence
• Ethical hacking and penetration testing
• Cloud security
• Secure software development
• Machine learning for threat detection
• Digital forensics
• Threat intelligence
• Security automation
• Governance, risk and compliance
• AI governance and responsible AI
• Risk management and governance
• Human factors, adversarial behaviours, authentication
• Security operations and incident management
• Malware and attack technologies
• Forensics, formal methods for security
• Cyber-physicals systems security
• Software security
• Web and mobile security and secure software lifecycles.