The cyber security landscape is constantly evolving and organisations are finding it increasingly difficult to defend themselves from these constantly changing and persistent threats. It is critical that both business and government agencies protect their systems and data from potential risks arising from these threats. Because of this, there is a demand for qualified cyber security professionals.

Our Cyber Security and Networks degree course is an opportunity for you to develop knowledge and skills necessary to address these challenges and meet the demand.

The course aims to give you a fundamental understanding of how to protect organisations, networks, IT systems and individuals against cyber attacks and potential risks.

You will be taught by staff who are actively engaged in cyber security research and possess substantial experience of the application of security-related technologies in industry.

You will learn how information systems, network infrastructure and overall organisational cyber physical environment are vulnerable to attack, and gain practical skills in assessment and management of cyber security risks.
You will learn the main areas of the discipline, including Cyber Security, Security Control, Cyber Security Risks Management, Network Engineering, Information System, and Software Development with variety of specialised topics such as Network Monitoring and business continuity within the areas of networks and cyber security.

You will be equipped with the knowledge and experience required to gain widely accepted industry specific standards within the area of information security management system, project management, cyber security essential, and Risk Management.  

The programme is taught by our academics who have subject matter expertise in various areas of cyber security and networks.

As cyber security and networks student, a lot of your learning takes place via technology. You might expect, a virtual learning environment to keep you connected with your tutors and fellow students. You’ll have a personal tutor to oversee your progress, module leaders for different parts of the course and tutors for each year group.

Our Docklands campus has excellent computing resources, including specialized labs to study networking and operating system environments such as Windows and Linux with in virtual environment.

You’ll be given various industry specific standard and case study scenarios to understand and analysis the cyber security threats and risks. A wide range of software tools is also given for network traffic monitoring, programming, cyber threat analysis, database development, internet access and web-based development.

Developing transferable skills are essential for graduate who wish to work in the industry. Therefore, a significant proportion of your time will also be spent working in groups with your fellow students within a given time frame, and presenting your work in front of your fellow students and academics.

A significant proportion of your time will also be spent working in groups with your fellow students. Experience of group working is essential for graduates who wish to work in the IT industry. The size of classes can vary depending on the nature of the course, module and activity.

This can range from large groups in a lecture theatre setting, to smaller groups taking part in seminars and collaborative work.

You will receive your personalised timetable at the beginning of the academic year dependent on your course.

Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9.00am and 6.00pm.