Network & Information Security with Management Studies – (M.Sc.)

The field of computer, network and information security is continually evolving and expanding. It is of increasing importance to industry and all networks and information systems across the world. New legislation, technologies, vulnerabilities and threats are emerging all the time, forcing constant updates to systems. These threats will not go away, meaning that no system can be designed and built without taking into account its security in an operational scenario from the outset.

This course gives you a technical understanding of both current and emerging technologies and the underlying theory of cryptography, networking and network security technologies. You will gain the skills you need to assess, plan, design and develop secure and reliable networks and systems.

In response to the needs of the industry, this course is offered with a management studies option. This innovative new combined course will enable you to develop key business and management skills and is ideal for students with a background in IT/computing who wish to specialise in the area of e-commerce while also developing the broad skill set and knowledge needed to fasttrack their career in leading and managing successful teams and projects.

What will you study?

This course will develop your critical awareness of current developments and future trends in cryptography and network security. Starting from the mathematical principles behind cryptographic algorithms, you will move up to secure network protocols.

In addition to the core cryptography and networking technologies, you also cover:

* dependable and highly available architectures – security and dependability are inextricably linked as you cannot implement many of the core concepts in secure systems if they are not dependable and reliable; and
* technologies used to combat threats – from secure authentication mechanisms and firewalls to information policies and user education to combat social engineering and data leakage.

As far as possible, you will be exposed to hands-on laboratory exercises, using and configuring the technologies presented and the tools to circumvent them.

Following the 'with management studies' route, you will learn the fundamentals of marketing, finance and/or managing people and organisations, which will set your technical knowledge in a management context.