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• Year 1

• You will study the risks faced by the professional security sector and how it is responding. Examine a range of topics including online environments and how digital infrastructure is exposed to, and protected against, attacks such as phishing, malicious software, and distributed denial of service (DDOS).Gain an advanced understanding of terrorism theory as well as terrorist strategy and tactics. Study the overlapping threat posed by both cybercrime and terrorism to the commercial sector, and the role of the professional security manager and security function in combatting these and other business threats. You also study research methods to guide you through writing a dissertation

  You will graduate with a critical understanding of cybercrime, terrorism and security, analysing threats and responses, and developing and conducting research.

  Core modules

  CTS700
  MSc Cybercrime, Terrorism and Security Dissertation

  The dissertation module provides the opportunity for students to undertake a supervised, self-directed, research project of around 15,000 words on a subject related to cybercrime, terrorism, and/or security. The module also provides instruction and guidance in research methods and individual and group tutorials.

  CTS701
  Security Management and Organisations

  This module examines the profession and practice of security management. The module provides a critical examination of the cross disciplinary theories, policies, procedures, and practices defining and informing the role of security management. It also examines the architecture of the security function within organisations and the contribution of the security function to commercial practice. The Module forms part of the Cert, Dip and MSc in Cybercrime, Terrorism and Security.

  CTS702
  Terrorism and Counter Terrorism

  This module will critically examine a range of concepts and issues relating to global terrorism. Students will learn to identify, interpret, and analyse a range of problems relating to terrorism and counter terrorism. The module examines the threat of terrorism and political violence at group and state levels and looks at their threat to national and international stability. The challenges, approaches, and techniques of counter terrorism are also examined. The Module forms part of the Cert, Dip and MSc in Cybercrime, Terrorism and Security.

  CTS703
  Cybercrime and Cybersecurity

  This module provides an examination of debates and issues relating to cybercrime and cybersecurity. Students will study cybercrime and cybersecurity from a national, policing, private security, and individual perspective. Students will identify, interpret, and analyse a range of cyber related issues and problems and examine their impact. The module considers the ethics of cybercrime and the use of legislation to control it, as well as the techniques employed by cybersecurity agencies to counter, mitigate and investigate attacks. The Module forms part of the Cert, Dip and MSc in Cybercrime, Terrorism and Security.

  CTS705
  Security Risk and Resilience

  This module focuses upon three related ‘security projects’, namely urban security, counter-terrorism, and emergency management. It explores how the concepts of risk and resilience animate policy and practice in each of these areas, and considers their implications both in terms of effectiveness and wider socio-political impace.

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