Master of Science in Cyber Security
180
12 months
12 500 Euros (non-subject to VAT)
Full-time or part-time
Introduction
The Master of Science in Cyber Security prepares students to analyse, manage, and respond to complex cybersecurity risks across technical, organisational, legal, and strategic environments. The programme combines advanced academic study with applied laboratories, threat intelligence, digital forensics, ethical hacking, risk management, policy, compliance automation, war gaming, professional practice, and independent research.
Designed for emerging and experienced cybersecurity professionals, the curriculum develops the ability to connect technical evidence with governance and decision-making. Students examine contemporary challenges including artificial intelligence ethics, post-quantum cryptography, automated compliance, cyber conflict, and threat decision science while strengthening the research and professional skills required for leadership in a rapidly changing security environment.
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Objective of the programme
- Apply advanced cybersecurity concepts to complex systems, organisations, and threat environments.
- Design and evaluate network security strategies using defence-in-depth, secure architecture, monitoring, and resilience principles.
- Conduct digital forensic examinations and manage incident response activities using defensible methods and documented evidence.
- Evaluate cyber law, privacy, governance, and artificial intelligence ethics in domestic and international contexts.
- Apply the DTM 101, 201, and 301 progression to information assurance, risk assessment, and risk-informed decision-making.
- Assess cryptographic controls and plan for post-quantum cryptography migration and crypto-agility.
- Produce advanced cyber threat intelligence that supports operational, organisational, and strategic decisions.
- Plan and conduct authorised ethical hacking and penetration testing, then communicate findings and remediation priorities.
- Develop cybersecurity policy and use compliance automation to monitor, evidence, and improve control performance.
- Use AEGIS-DTM cyber war gaming and threat decision science to evaluate scenarios, competing courses of action, and uncertainty.
- Demonstrate professional competence through a supervised practicum or internship.
- Design and complete an independent cybersecurity research capstone using appropriate scholarly and applied methods.
Syllabus Overview
Students complete twelve courses over the programme. The structure integrates taught study, applied exercises, practical work, professional experience, and a substantial research capstone.
| Code | Course title | ECTS* | Course focus |
| CLA500 | Advanced Concepts in Cybersecurity | 12 | Advanced security principles, evolving attack surfaces, security architecture, resilience, and the integration of technical and organisational controls. |
| CLA501 | Introduction to Network Security Strategies | 12 | Network defence strategy, secure design, segmentation, monitoring, access control, vulnerability reduction, and response planning. |
| CLA502 | Digital Forensics and Incident Response | 12 | Forensic readiness, evidence handling, acquisition and analysis, incident coordination, containment, recovery, reporting, and lessons learned. |
| CLA503 | Cyber Law & AI Ethics | 12 | Cyber law, privacy, jurisdiction, accountability, responsible AI, bias, transparency, and ethical decision-making in security practice. |
| CLA504 | Advanced Information Assurance and Risk Management (DTM 101, 201, 301) | 12 | Progressive application of DTM concepts to information assurance, risk identification, assessment, prioritisation, treatment, and executive decision support. |
| CLA505 | Cryptography and Network Security: Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) | 12 | Modern cryptography, network protection, quantum-era risks, PQC concepts, crypto-agility, inventory, migration planning, and implementation considerations. |
| CLA506 | Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence | 12 | Intelligence requirements, collection, analysis, attribution limits, indicators and behaviours, structured analytic methods, and decision-focused reporting. |
| CLA507 | Advanced Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing | 12 | Authorised testing methodology, reconnaissance, exploitation, validation, reporting, remediation, and professional and legal boundaries. |
| CLA508 | Advanced Cyber Security Policy and Compliance Automation | 12 | Policy design, control frameworks, continuous monitoring, evidence collection, automated compliance workflows, governance, and audit readiness. |
| CLA509 | AEGIS-DTM Cyber War Gaming & Threat Decision Science | 12 | Scenario design, adversary modelling, strategic cyber exercises, threat scoring, uncertainty, decision analysis, and after-action learning. |
| CLA510 | Practicum / Internship | 15 | Supervised professional experience applying programme competencies to an approved cybersecurity setting, project, or operational problem. |
| CLA511 | Cybersecurity Research Capstone | 45 | Independent research or applied inquiry culminating in a substantial, evidence-based capstone project and formal presentation or defence. |
* Proposed ECTS allocation for institutional approval. Total: 180 ECTS.
Application deadlines
The contract must be signed at least 15 days before the start of the session.
Accessibility: For people with physical disabilities, please contact us.
Action tracking:
鈥� Signature by the professor of the presence of the students and the professor.
鈥� A diploma and/or certificate of achievement.
The delivery will consist of FOUR components :
- Lecture session
- Tutorial session
- Practical session
- Blended Learning
Lecture Session
Lectures will be of a maximum duration of 3 hours (with a 10鈥�15-minute break during the period) the purpose of a lecture is to provide key information to the students for the subject being taught.
On occasions, lecture exercises are used which require course participants to become actively involved in “learning by doing”, let students take active part in discussing related current topics.
Tutorial Session
Tutorials will be provided through case studies for the students to further discuss and/or undertake the topics previously covered in the lecture sessions.
Students will be given video/written case studies after each lecture topic and work in groups.
Practical Session
Practical sessions are mainly undertaken in the computer laboratories, or workshop activities are set up to enable the learner to reflect on the processes he or she has experienced. Workshops enhance skills development and the acquisition of knowledge. Short presentations alternate with group work. Students spend time working together in small groups, brainstorming, analysing case-studies, carrying out group discussions or group exercises, learner presentations, role play, plenary feedback session.
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To be awarded an MSc, students must gain 180 credit points, that is, pass all 10 modules, each of which is equivalent to 15 credit points; studied in Semester 1 to 2.
To get your MSc a minimum grade of a C at each module.
Confirmation of the questions already answered on the application online.
Satisfaction rating at the end of the session.
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