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Module/Course Description

Course Title: Cyber Security

Course Code: UU-MWD-760-MW

Programme:

Credits: 25.00

Course Description:

Module Description
Cyber Security is one of the most challenging issues of our time. The level of security skills has to be increased in order to respond to the number and sophistication of threats that we face. The students will gain a variety of advanced intellectual and transferable skills that will equip them with the ability to specify, design, implement and test computer-based systems, deploy effectively the tools used for the construction and documentation of software, analyse and comment on the findings.

Module Aim
This course aims to provide to its students a practical grounding in cyber security practices in larger scale, networks, distributed systems and web applications.

Module Learning Outcomes
After completing the course students should be able to:
1. Analyse the security vulnerabilities of computer systems and networks and the countermeasures used to address them
2. Evaluate the motivation, design, operation and management of modern systems for encryption, authentication and authorisation, including quality of service issues
3. Apply knowledge of legal, social, cultural and ethical issues related to cyber security
4. Implement security issues that are specifically linked to web design and development

Prerequisites: UU-M-IND100, UU-FNT-203, UU-MWD-710-MW, UU-MWD-720-MW, UU-MWD-740-MW, UU-MWD-750-MW, UU-MWD-730-MW

Prerequisites Categories: Core requirements (required modules)

Typical Module duration: 7.0 Week(s)

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