Cybersecurity University West

Overview

The Cybersecurity MSc programme from University West covers advanced topics related to cybersecurity standards and regulations, Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) security, risk assessment and management, cyber forensics, network and cloud security and penetration testing. You’ll gain hands-on skills, with many chances to connect with the cybersecurity industry. Additionally, you’ll receive complementary training to obtain your CCNA cybersecurity “CyberOps” certification.

There is high demand for cybersecurity specialists with a big-picture understanding of the technical aspects of cybersecurity – and complimentary competence in related areas. This is why your programme is broad and multidisciplinary. We’ve built your training in collaboration with industry to best prepare you for the cybersecurity workforce.

Career opportunities:

There is a huge, unfilled demand for experts in cybersecurity worldwide. The ISC, Forbes and Cybersecurity Ventures have all forecasted a global cybersecurity personnel shortage of 3.12 million by 2021.

• In 2021, cybercrime damage is expected to reach US$ 6 trillion (Cybersecurity Ventures)
• Attacks on IoT devices increased by more than 300% in the first half of 2019 (Forbes)
• The FBI has reported a 300% increase in cybercrimes, with a 238% increase in cyberattacks against banks and a 58% increase in attacks against the healthcare industry (Varonis)

This degree qualifies you to hold positions such as:

• Cybersecurity engineer
• Cybersecurity architect
• Cybersecurity consultant/analyst
• Cybersecurity specialist
• Penetration tester
• Forensic investigator
• Incident responder
• Audit/compliance consultant