Overview
- Start dateSeptember
- DurationMSc: one year full-time and up to five years part-time; PgDip: up to four years part-time; PgCert: up to three years part-time
- DeliveryThe course is delivered via blended learning, with a mixture of residential and online teaching, and assessment is through coursework, group practicals, presentations and (MSc only) an individual dissertation.
- QualificationMSc, PgDip, PgCert
- Study typeFull-time / Part-time
- CampusCranfield University at Shrivenham
Who is it for?
Students will be military personnel, civil servants and defence industry professionals who are one or more of the following:
- Managers or leaders in a cyber environment who need to understand information risk and respond to cyber threats;
- Procurement staff commissioning critical or sensitive projects;
- Policy and planning staff interested in computer network and security operations;
- Those charged with accreditation and assessment of security measures;
- Those holding the positions of, or aspiring to be, Chief Information Officers (CIO) or Chief Information Security Officers (CISO).
Why this course?
The course will specifically focus on responses to serious, present, and emerging threats in the information domain. The course enables the student to gain an organisational view of cyber from a defence and security perspective, the domain, the drivers, and constraints. Whilst a technical understanding is of value, the course is designed to ensure that the bigger, contextual, aspects of cyber is understood thereby enabling decision making in relation to cyber to be undertaken within an organisation.
Informed by industry
The course has a notable external advisory panel, chaired by Air Marshal Sir Julian Young.Course details
The course is taught in a series of one-week residentials at the Cranfield University at the Defence Academy, a military establishment in Shrivenham.
It has two components: a taught component comprising twelve 10-credit modules (PgDip/MSc) (PgDip has six 10-credit modules); and (MSc only) an 80-credit research project assessed by dissertation.
Course delivery
The course is delivered via blended learning, with a mixture of residential and online teaching, and assessment is through coursework, group practicals, presentations and (MSc only) an individual dissertation.
Dissertation
Students taking the MSc must develop and demonstrate their expertise, independent learning abilities and critical appraisal skills by producing a clear and coherent research-based dissertation.
Modules
Keeping our courses up-to-date and current requires constant innovation and change. The modules we offer reflect the needs of business and industry and the research interests of our staff and, as a result, may change or be withdrawn due to research developments, legislation changes or for a variety of other reasons. Changes may also be designed to improve the student learning experience or to respond to feedback from students, external examiners, accreditation bodies and industrial advisory panels.
To give you a taster, we have listed the compulsory and elective (where applicable) modules which are currently affiliated with this course. All modules are indicative only, and may be subject to change for your year of entry.
Compulsory modules
All the modules in the following list need to be taken as part of this course:
Elective modules
A selection of modules from the following list need to be taken as part of this course:
Critical Networks and Cyber-Physical Systems
Cyber Attack - Threats and Opportunities
Data-led Decision Support and Artificial Intelligence
Emerging Technology Monitoring
Systems Thinking for Organisational Viability
Teaching team
You will be taught by Cranfield's leading experts with many years' industrial experience as well as external speakers from industry and defence. The Course Director is Ian Owens.
The teaching team includes:
Accreditation
The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. (CILIP)Your career
This qualification will take you on to become one of the next generation of managers who can understand and effectively manage and exploit the threats and opportunities of cyberspace at the organisational level. Crucially, it will also enable graduates to communicate cyber issues to senior management or executive board level.
The course is directly relevant to those wishing to improve their knowledge and skills as, or those aspiring to become, a CIO or CISO.
How to apply
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