Graduate Diploma in Information Assurance and Security (Level 7)

Academic: A degree in Computer Science or in Information Technology, preferably in the IT . English Language: An overall band score of 6.0 IELTS or TOEFL, or equivalent.

What can I expect out of this qualification?

Graduates will be able to: * Discuss the role of information security with relation to modern organizational functions. * Examine implementation of information security programmes and make recommendations for improvement and maintenance * Design, plan, organise and implement information security programmes in an organization * Effectively plan for future information security implementations * Conduct risk management assessments including business impact analysis * Evaluate the controls needed to protect information within the organization to include policy, education and awareness, and technology * Prevent, detect, and react to threats to information security in the organization * Evaluate and apply current cryptography and security techniques within the IT business and personal environments * Acquire data in a forensically sound manner as part of a "first response" Incident Response Planning * Conduct security tests against networks * Understand contemporary business and security needs in the context of security testing.

Status one year after study

Employment rate two years after study

87%

Employment rate two years after study

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