Cyber Security

About this course

Cyber security has become a fundamental concern for organisations of every kind as digital systems have moved to the centre of economic and social life. Protecting those systems from attack, detecting breaches when they occur, and recovering from incidents requires professionals with a deep understanding of how digital systems can be compromised and how they can be defended. The discipline draws on computer science, mathematics, network engineering, human behaviour, and the legal and ethical frameworks that govern digital security, making it a technically demanding and intellectually rich field. The Open University offers this cyber security degree through distance learning in part-time mode, making it accessible to people who are already working in IT or technical roles and want to develop specialist security expertise, as well as to those for whom full-time campus attendance is not pr

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 72% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 52% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 2% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 3% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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