Network Engineering (Cyber Security) - BSc Hons Degree (Top Up)

Building on the College's success in delivering networking programmes generally, the BSc Network Engineering (Cyber Security) provides a specialist route in one of the most in-demand disciplines within contemporary computing.

With the BSc Network Engineering (Cyber Security) programme you will develop technical and professional skills with which you will meet the current expectations of industry. The skills you will develop include the ability to:

• Apply networking and hardware skills that will enable the connection, control and configuration of various devices, using both traditional and wireless connectivity
• Protect individual systems and corporate infrastructures from unauthorised and illegal hacking and industrial espionage
• Utilise a range of professional and open source penetration testing tools to evaluate systems security
• Develop specialist Cyber Security skills to prepare Information Security Professionals for a range of in-demand industry roles
• Work independently and as part of a team, the ability to take instruction and work to deadlines, communication and adaptability
• Be creative, use initiative and develop problem solving skills
• Undertake a work placement and apply the full range of technical and professional skills acquired during the foundation degree in a real world context

Enrolling on this two-year programme will enable you to take the first steps to becoming a Cyber Security professional, a field in which there is now an ever-increasing demand for highly skilled IT individuals capable of preventing or, at the very least, mitigating the effects of a cyber attack. To this end, this two-year foundation programme will see you engage with the latest technologies to understand and explore hacking in an ethical context.

You will use vulnerability scanners and penetration testing tools to detect, establish and mitigate organisational security risks in a simulated environment. You will also learn about networks and how to secure them from intruders, and understand laws and processes that are applicable to the area of network and data security.

On successful completion of this course, you will be well-placed to apply for a number of roles within the industry.