Colleges and Universities Offering Master of Science in Cyber Security in Ireland

Institutions Offering Master of Science in Cyber Security

•  National College of Ireland, Dublin  
  Course entry requirements
  -An honours (level 8) primary degree in computing or a cognate area with a 2.2 award or higher. Candidates are expected to have programming ability. Cognate area means a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) degree that also taught programming/application development related modules. Candidates are expected to have programming ability. An assessment and/or interview may be conducted to ascertain suitability if necessary for candidates who do not meet the normal academic requirements.
  
  -The college operates a Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL) scheme meaning applicants who do not meet the normal academic requirements may be considered based on relevant work and other experience. This may be assessed using a portfolio of learning, demonstration of work produced, and an interview.
  
  Course duration: 2 years
  
  Course content:
  (i) Core Modules:
  -Security Fundamentals
  -Secure Programming for Web
  -Network Security and Penetration Testing
  -IT Law and Ethics
  -Research in Computing
  -Cryptography
  -Secure Programming for Application Development
  -Malware Analysis
  -Research Methods
  -Internship
  
  (ii) Forensics Specialisation:
  -Incident Response and Analytics
  -Forensics and eDiscovery
  
  (iii) Cloud Security Specialisation:
  -Cloud Security
•  Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT), Letterkenny  
  Course entry requirements
  -Level 8 Honours Degree in Computing, or equivalent, second class honours (2.2), or Higher Diploma in Computing (Conversion Course into Computing). If you do not have an honours degree but have relevant experience you may also be eligible to apply via Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
  
  Course duration:
  1 year-full time
  2 years-part time

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