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MSc Information Security and Privacy
Programme Leader:
Professor Omer Rana
Email:
O.F.Rana@cs.cardiff.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0)29 2087 5542
“With our increasing reliance on
information services that are provided
over distributed computing
infrastructures (such as Cloud
computing and mobile/handheld devices
such as Android phones), information
security has become one of the most
significant challenges for both
consumers and providers of such
services. The increasing use of social
media and microblogging platforms also
introduces security and privacy concerns
that must be acknowledged and
responded to. This MSc will equip
students with an understanding and
awareness of security and privacy issues
in a business context, along with skills
using techniques and software tools to
address some of these concerns.”
Appropriate security measures are an
essential part of any modern enterprise.
A detailed understanding of the key
threats and techniques for ensuring
security, privacy and trust are fundamental
requirements for successful information
systems. Professionals in this field are
well placed for a wide variety of
employment opportunities.
The course
This programme addresses the key
security issues that are faced by global
communications and information systems.
The programme provides a mix of business
context with core security, trust and privacy
issues that challenge the IT sector. As well
as studying themes such as trust and
identity and forensic investigation, security
techniques and information, network and
cyber security, the programme provides an
understanding of the e-Commerce and
business environment. This combined
business/security approach provides
valuable training for interacting with
organisations, and understanding their
business functions in a deeper context.
Using case based analysis the programme
also gives students the opportunity to learn
about forensic approaches to investigation
across multiple platforms. On a practical
level, students have the opportunity to
gain external accreditation for use of market
leading forensic software, as taught in our
“sandpit lab” (see photo on facing page).
The School is one of only five universities
in the UK to offer training (at a small
additional fee for those students wishing to
partake) in Microsystemation XRY, an
industry-leading mobile phone forensics
tool used by more than 85% of police
forces and all major forensics laboratories
in the UK and Ireland. We are also able to
offer the top 10 performing students from
the ethical hacking module the opportunity
to sit the EC-Council Certified Ethical
Hacker (CEH) examination, giving them an
industry-recognised accreditation on top of
their MSc. We are one of only eight
universities in the UK that currently offer
this EC-Council CEH qualification.
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