HN Flex: Cyber Security

Key Information:

Start date: January 2025

Duration: 1 Semester part-time (January-May)

Course type: Part Time. The first year is full time with an option of part time is subsequent years.

Fees: £800 per unit

Additional costs per year: No additional costs

 

Entry Requirements

Entry onto the course will be via a successful interview.

A typical profile for a student who has recently been in education would consist of:

Mature students may present a more varied profile of achievement that is likely to include extensive work experience (paid and/or unpaid) and/or achievement of a range of professional qualifications in their work sector.

Award

Cyber Security (Understanding Threats and Defences) is a HN Flex Module from the Computing Higher National programme.

This course focuses on digital technologies and how they provide opportunities for malicious hackers and cyberterrorists to exploit individuals, governments, institutions and large organisations.

Cybercrime techniques and attack vectors are fast-growing, taking advantage of the speed, anonymity and convenience of the internet as a facilitator for malicious and criminal activity. You will explore fundamental principles as well as leading-edge concepts, terminologies, models, and hardening methods.

This course will be one session per week over 15 weeks. The study method will combine online delivery with onsite delivery for practical activities.

HN Flex is an option to undertake specific units of a university level course. The units are designed to equip you with the skills to take your next career steps and reach your earning potential. If you would like to complete a full HN qualification, please contact us for more information.

Course Content
  • The nature of cybercrime and cyber threat actors
  • Cyber security threats and hazards
  • Effectiveness of information assurance concepts applied to ICT infrastructure
  • Incident response methods to cyber security threats
Placements and Work Experience

This unit will focus on skills around cyber security to help inform your practice within a variety of job roles.

By investigating cyber security threats and attacks, the knowledge gained throughout this unit will support cyber security strategies to be considered for a variety of organisations in different sectors.

What careers can the course lead to?

This unit will support knowledge around Cyber Security such as;

  • Information Security Analyst
  • Security Engineer
  • Incident Responder
  • Chief Information Security Officer
Assessment methods

There will be one assessment for this unit, broken into sections and completed throughout the course. You will have an opportunity for formal feedback before your final submission.

HN assessments are graded at Pass, Merit and Distinction and you will provide with specific criteria that you must achieve within a given assessment.

Facilities

Industry standard computer labs with screens, PCs and specific cyber security related tools and software that will support the development of skills.