Faculty

Faculty of Cyber Security & Digital Resilience

Defend real systems, and prove you can when it counts.

Security is taught as a full lifecycle: understanding threats, controlling identity and access, defending networks and endpoints, building software securely, and responding when something goes wrong. Advanced study covers governance, assurance, resilience exercising and evidencing control effectiveness to auditors and regulators.

Focus areas

Threat modelling
Identity and access management
Secure development
Cloud security controls
Incident response and resilience

Where graduates go

Security analyst
GRC analyst
Incident response associate
Security engineer

Curriculum pathway

Three levels, each with its own aim, entry expectations and assessed outcomes.

Level 1 — Security Foundations

Typically 8 weeks

Understand threats, identity and everyday defensive controls.

Assessed outcomes

Model threats against a simple system
Apply identity and access controls
Recognise and report incidents

Entry expectations

Open to all.

Programmes at this level

Programmes for this level are being written and will appear here once published and rights-verified.

Level 2 — Defensive Engineering

Typically 9 weeks

Secure networks, endpoints, software and cloud environments.

Assessed outcomes

Harden a cloud environment
Review code and dependencies for security issues
Build detection for a known attack path

Entry expectations

Completion of Level 1 or IT experience.

Programmes at this level

Cyber Security & Digital Resilience

Assess threats, design layered controls and lead evidence-based response and recovery exercises.

8 weeks · 48 hours

Free to enrol

Level 3 — Resilience, Governance & Assurance

Typically 10 weeks

Lead incident response and evidence control effectiveness.

Assessed outcomes

Run a structured incident response exercise
Map controls to a recognised framework
Produce assurance evidence for an audit

Entry expectations

Completion of Level 2.

Programmes at this level

Programmes for this level are being written and will appear here once published and rights-verified.