Cyber Security MSc

What you will study

Protecting digital information from unauthorised access and use and ensuring the resilience of supporting network infrastructure and systems are significant challenges for the continued technological development of our society.

The science behind our Cyber Security masters connects various disciplines, from computer science, mathematics and business to design and critical analysis of concepts, mechanisms and technologies used in the depth and breadth of cyber security.

You’ll learn the foundations of systems and information security such as cryptography, and you’ll also be educated on advanced and state-of-the-art concepts linked to electronic payments or distributed ledgers. You will apply your knowledge in practice, for example through interacting with and programming secure applications using trusted platform modules (TPMs), which are mounted on Raspberry Pi computers in our labs.

The MSc Cyber Security with a placement year will allow you to get experience of cyber security applied in research and development in the real world.

The University has strong, established links with many national and international businesses and institutions. These include:

• Airbus
• BAE Systems
• CGI Group
• DSTL
• IBM
• Infineon
• Microsoft
• Sophos
• Sky TV.