Cyber Security and Forensic Computing

About this course

Cyber security and forensic computing together address the two sides of an increasingly critical professional field: protecting digital systems from attack, and investigating what happens when those protections fail. Cyber security is concerned with identifying and remediating vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications, and with developing the defensive architectures and policies that organisations rely on. Forensic computing applies systematic investigative techniques to digital evidence, recovering and analysing data in ways that can support legal proceedings. Both disciplines require technical depth, analytical rigour, and a thorough understanding of how adversaries think. At Portsmouth, you will investigate cyberattacks, expose flaws in security systems, and develop the ethical hacking skills needed to secure the operating systems of global companies. You will become exp

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 95% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 65% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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