Master Computer Science in Cyber Security
With the Master in Computer Science in Cyber Security, a programme taught fully online, you will acquire all the skills you need to protect data and ensure top security measures for systems used by companies worldwide. You’ll become a specialist in securing infrastructures against attacks, risks, or malware using statistical and digital forensic methods.
Programme Overview
The Master of Computer Science in Cyber Security is offered as a consecutive 120 credits programme or a shorter non-consecutive version worth 60 credits.
You will focus on algorithms, you will deal with Cyber security and data protection as well as cryptology - an important tool in IT security. With blockchain, you will also investigate a current and much-discussed practical application of these concepts.
Study Content
During your Master course, you will study the following modules:
- Corporate Governance of IT, Compliance, and Law
- Advanced Mathematics
- Cyber Security and Data Protection
- Programming with Python
- IT Project Management
- Advanced Statistics
- Advanced Research Methods
- Cyber Risk Assessment and Management
- IT Systems: Software
- IT Systems: Hardware
- Cyber Systems and Network Forensics
- Theoretical Computer Science for IT Security
- Seminar: Standards and Frameworks
- Project: Current Challenges of Cyber Security
- Electives A
- Electives B
- Master Thesis & Colloquium
