Master of Science in Cyber Security

This programme is specifically designed to provide:

• Opportunity for professional development at an advanced level within the area of Cyber Security.
• Enhancement of skills and knowledge in Cyber Security for practising IT professionals.
• Ability to further develop specialisation gained in taught modules through an extensive research-based and/or technical-based dissertation, to prepare the student to be a subject matter expert in the field.
• Furthermore, APU is also poised to become a frontrunner in cyber security research through the establishment of the Forensics and Cyber Security (FSEC) Research Centre, through which research activities will be undertaken to challenge boundaries in the application of cyber security.

Subjects:

• Pre-Requisite Modules for non-Computing students:
• Cyber Security
• Digital Forensics
• Digital Forensic and Cyber Security Tools
• Information Security Design
• E-Investigation
• Cyber Security & Threats
• Security Operations Center (SOC) & Incident Response
• Advanced Ethical Hacking
• Advanced Digital Forensics
• Research Methodology Computing & Engineering
• Project Paper
• Elective Modules (Choose 3):
• Network Design & Performance
• Information Security Architectures
• Security Audit and Assessment
• Data Analytics in Cyber Security
• Applied Scripting in Cyber Security