Level 4 Modules
CYB401 - Cyber Security Threat and Risk (20 credits)
Cyber security breaches cause significant personal and organisational damage and pose a clear and present risk to business profitability and resilience.
CYB402 - Network Security and Data Communications (20 credits)
In this unit the learner will look at the component parts of digital communications and interoperability with IT networks, hardware, firmware and software components.
CYB403 - Database Security and Computer Programming (20 credits)
Database security concerns the use of a broad range of information security controls to protect databases (potentially including the data, the database applications or stored functions, the database systems, the database servers and the associated network links) against compromises of their confidentiality, integrity and availability.
CYB404 - Incident Response, Investigations and Forensics (20 credits)
In this unit the learner will examine Incident Response, Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTS), and events requiring investigative techniques.
CYB405 - Security Strategy: Laws, Policies, and Implementation (20 credits)
Knowing how to build a cyber defence strategy, what legal tools require consideration, how policies can be written and embedded, are all vital ingredients to successful in-house cyber security practices.
CYB406 - Cyber Security Threats and Risk: Banking and Finance (20 credits)
In this unit the learner will look at banking and financial services in relation to cyber security threats and risks and the potential methods to mitigate and lessen organisational vulnerability to cyber security attacks.
Level 5 Modules
CYB501 - Cryptography (30 credits)
The process of encrypting and decrypting information forms the basis of much computer, device and network security.
CYB502 - Digital Investigations and Forensics (30 credits)
This unit describes and explains how to conduct investigations with cyber-enabled equipment, including on public-internet-facing networks, or other network environments.
CYB503 - Communications and Incident Management (30 credits)
The professional and lawful response to managing an incident can be the difference between company survival or otherwise.
CYB504 - Strategic Leadership (30 credits)
In order for an organisation to be more cyber secure, leadership across employee and stakeholder networks is required to be delivered by the C-Suite. However, what happens if the C-Suite either doesn’t listen or doesn’t understand the Tier One threat posed by information security vulnerabilities.
