You will learn how to prevent cyber-attacks, maintain critical services during an incident and restore them safely afterwards. The programme is provisionally certified by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

The cyber domain is vast. It incorporates all digital devices and all digital communications, across all time frames. Your car, your archived health data, your social media interactions, your financial information, even your electricity supply are all affected. It’s a multifaceted domain that goes beyond just technical computing. Organisational processes, individual human behaviours, wider societal norms, and the physical environment all matter. Ultimately, the goal of cyber resilience is to ensure that critical services which people rely on continue to operate even when attacked.

This MSc has been designed to consider resilience from a range of perspectives: data, code, the individual, the organisation, and the environment.

Taught by leading experts and informed by our strong links with the UK and international cyber industry, the programme augments traditional cyber security with resilience thinking, with a rich depth and breadth to the modules which will build your expertise in aspects of the cyber domain.

Expert teaching for practical application

The programme has a strong applied focus, bringing real-world insight into the learning environment. Practical teaching is supported by our dedicated Cyber Range which provides a secure environment for large-scale experimentation and practical work in areas such as network security, cyber-attack and defence.

Assessment has a similarly practical focus. Typically, assessments are based on realistic scenarios – risks need managing, incidents need attributing, systems need configuring. To succeed, you will need to deal with the requirements of the scenario and critically evaluate your approach.

Rewarding careers

As a graduate with knowledge, real-world insight, and practical experience, you will be well-equipped for a rewarding career in cyber resilience, with expertise that is essential to a wide range of businesses, organisations, services - and the people they serve.