Level 5 Extended Cyber Security

Programme Facts:

Programme Overview

Programme Summary:

The rationale of the Diploma is to provide a career path for learners who wish to develop their core capabilities within the cyber security and risk management sector. The outcome of the Diploma, which is a recognised UK Qualification, is for learners to develop the cyber security skills required by organisations globally.

This Level 5 qualification is potentially unique because it is about ‘cyber security’ as a workplace management discipline. It is therefore a semi-technical qualification that examines technical cyber security measures as well as the management, project management and leadership skills required to organise internal and external business responses to major incidents (or the threat of such).

Course Structure

This qualification consists of six key modules, designed to provide both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in Cybersecurity.

Mandatory:

• Cyber Security Threat and Risk
• Network Security and Data Communications
• Database Security and Computer Programming
• Incident Response, Investigations and Forensics
• Security Strategy: Laws, Policies and Implementation
• Cyber Security Threats and Risk: Banking and Finance
• Cyber Wars
• Cryptography
• Digital Investigations and Forensics
• Communications and Incident Management
• Strategic Leadership

Career Pathways

Graduates of this programme can pursue roles such as:

• Cyber Security Analyst
  Information Security Analyst
  Security Operations Centre (SOC) Analyst
  Network Security Engineer
  Ethical Hacking Technician
  Cyber Risk Analyst
  IT Security Consultant
  Security Compliance Officer
  Vulnerability Assessment Analyst
  Incident Response Analyst

Progression Routes

Graduates of this programme can pursue roles such as:

• BSc Computer Science, It leads to
• MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Additionally, students can progress to final year of BSc (Hons) Computer Science or BSc Software Engineering degree further enhancing their qualifications for higher education like MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence or MSc Project Management