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Cyber Security and Human Factors (Placement Year) at Bournemouth University at Talbot

This course will train students to become cyber security experts, ready to take on the growing security challenges faced by enterprise, industry and government in this complex community. Student will learn to assess risk, anticipate and manage security incidents; develop and assess security procedures and policies to meet the needs of the computing and security sectors worldwide.

Student have access to cyber security and digital forensics laboratories with state-of-the-art simulation and analytical systems relevant to intrusion detection, incident management, forensic analysis and system penetration testing, where students can see where cyber attacks are happening all over the world, and how they are being stopped at BU. Graduates acquire the skills to be ahead of the game and become an expert on how to protect information, assets, knowledge and intellect.

Students gain an understanding of the psychology of cyber security and human factors by investigating threats, vulnerabilities and impact risk, by acknowledging the contagion of fear, uncertainty and doubt and the importance of trust management and information assurance. Graduates benefit from a work placement, which provides an excellent opportunity for students to gain first-hand work experience and apply the learning that they have acquired.

Students will be able to draw on Bournemouth's academics' expert knowledge, their research and recent developments in cyber security to gain awareness of current challenges and how to overcome them. 

Level Masters
Discipline Law
Duration 12 months
Intakes Jan
Application Fees GBP 0
Tuition Fees GBP 16000
Campus Talbot
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Admission Requirements
Language proficiency (minimum)
IELTS 6
TOEFL 60
PTE 54
Duolingo Not Required / Waiver
Exam proficiency (minimum)
SAT Not Required / Waiver
ACT Not Required / Waiver
GRE Not Required / Waiver
GMAT Not Required / Waiver
Requirements

Minimum GPA - 60.0%

Rankings
QS Ranking 801-850
Times Higher Education 401-500
ARWU --
Webometrics 742
QS Ranking

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THE Ranking

THE (Times Higher Education) has been providing trusted performance data on universities for students and their families, academics, university leaders, governments and industry, since 2004. We create university rankings to assess university performance on the global stage and to provide a resource for readers to understand the different missions and successes of higher education institutions.

Shanghai Ranking

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first published in June 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities (CWCU), Graduate School of Education (formerly the Institute of Higher Education) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and updated on an annual basis

Webometrics Ranking

The "Webometrics Ranking of World Universities" is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain. CSIC is among the first basic research organizations in Europe. The CSIC consisted in 2006 of 126 centers and institutes distributed throughout Spain.

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