CYBER SECURITY AND FORENSICS BSc Honours
Course summary
Our Cyber Security and Forensics BSc is designed to meet the ever-growing requirements and challenges facing businesses, governments and individuals.
The cyber security and forensics domains are fast changing and dynamic due to ever evolving threats and the need for countermeasures. Companies now need to frequently change and improve their information systems security more than ever before.
Our course brings together a mix of several disciplines and provides the fundamental skills needed for a successful career in cyber security and forensics. You’ll learn crucial theories, principles and methodologies used in the cyber security industry today. You’ll also have the opportunity to apply these learnings to practical assignments and real-life scenarios in our dedicated labs.
The aim is to turn you into a skilled, innovative, and confident problem solver. You’ll learn to consider the global outlook and societal aspects of the current environment when producing solutions that are both sustainable and adaptable. In addition, you’ll gain skills in key aspects of cyber security and forensics and use industrial tools and techniques, both offensive and defensive, in order to produce cyber resilient digital solutions.
The Cyber Security and Forensics BSc is designed to meet the requirements and expectations of the UK government strategic vision for 2030 to become a leading responsible democratic cyber power. Therefore, this course is designed to be aligned with the key knowledge areas of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
Teaching methods on this course focus on active student learning and, where appropriate, practical application. You’ll also be exposed to industry guest speakers, live industry briefs and placement opportunities.
CAREERS
With computers being central to all aspects of our daily lives, as industries ranging from communications to banking have come to rely on them, the need for improved computer security has never been greater. This means that there is a growing demand for specialists in cyber security and digital forensics.
This course is designed with a high degree of relevance to the requirements of industry. It will equip you with the necessary skills for jobs in the field of cyber security and digital forensics.
Industry links
Industry engagement is an essential part of the course as you'll hear from industry speakers and receive mentorship from industry professionals as part of your group project work.
As part of the course, you'll also have the opportunity to participate in a communication exchange with leading industry experts and businesses who can provide more specialised advice to bolster your portfolio and prepare you for future interviews. You'll also have other opportunities to attend industry-led talks and presentations on campus.
Job roles
This course will prepare you for roles in a variety of areas, including:
- Anti-piracy/content protection analyst
- Computer forensics analyst
- Computer security incident responder
- Cyber security manager
- Information security analyst
- Information security assurance officer
- Information security assurance analyst
- Information security consultant
- Information security risk officer
- IT security engineer
- IT security operations specialist
- Penetration tester (also known as ethical hacker)
- Researcher in applied cryptography
- Researcher in network/computer security
- Security officer
- Source code auditor
- Vulnerability assessor
Graduate employment
Graduates from similar courses at the University of Westminster, such as the Network Security BSc, have found employment at organisations including:
- KPMG UK
- Metropolitan Police
- UK Ministry of Defence
- Willis Towers Watson
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