Computer Science for Cybersecurity

About this course

Cybersecurity sits at the intersection of computer science, mathematics and human behaviour, and its importance grows every year as organisations of all sizes depend on digital infrastructure to function. The discipline asks fundamental questions about how systems are built, how they can fail, and what it takes to defend them against an expanding range of threats. Studying it gives you a rigorous grounding in computer science principles while developing a specialist lens for understanding vulnerability, risk and resilience. On this programme at Birkbeck College you will explore the theoretical and practical foundations of computer science with a sustained focus on security applications. You will study how networks are designed and how data flows through them, and you will learn to identify and address weaknesses at every layer of a system, from hardware and operating systems through to

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 90% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 55% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 8 / 100Protective service occupations · 10% of graduatescards →

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