MSc Information Technology (Software Systems)

The Network Security course offered at Heriot-Watt University is a postgraduate program designed to equip students with the necessary skills to detect and prevent cyber threats. This full-time program offers a deep understanding of how to design, implement and manage secure systems.Course Content: The program covers various aspects of Network Security like principles of practical networking, network security threat, and countermeasures, secure systems programming, privacy and anonymity, and formal modeling. It also includes advanced network security where students get to have a deep understanding of the monitoring, detection, prevention, and regulation of network systems.Key Modules: The key modules covered in this course include Secure Network Design, Practical Introduction to Cryptography, Network Security, Ethical and Legal Issues in Computer Security, Privacy and Anonymity, Advanced Network Security, Dissertation, among others.Accreditations: This program is accredited by the British Computer Society (BCS).Future Careers: Upon completion of the course, graduates might have the chance to work as Network Managers, Information Analysts, Information Security Managers, Security Engineers, Incident Responders, Cyber Security Analysts, and Auditors, among many other roles.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.