MSc Cyber Security and Digital Forensics

As the world grows increasingly technology-reliant, cybersecurity and digital forensics have become recognised as two incredibly important areas for organisations to manage.

Cybersecurity differs significantly from cybercrime – with the latter being used to describe the illegal and/or harmful behaviours carried out online.

While students of our MSc Cybercrime will strive to understand the driving forces behind online criminal activity, cybersecurity deals with the process of predicting, avoiding, and reacting to these acts. With this Master’s course, you’ll also learn key techniques to investigate digital crimes and security breaches and help safeguard your organisation’s success.

Why this MSc Cyber Security and Digital Forensics?

By taking this course, you’ll develop a systematic understanding of cybersecurity and forensics concepts, including how to securely protect and investigate an organisation’s digital assets and systems.

In addition to learning from our experienced academics, you’ll also be given remote access to our dedicated Forensic IT and Cyber Security laboratories. With this, you can gain firsthand experience with specialist software and forensic tools.

You’ll also have the opportunity to attend an online court hearing with a judge presiding as part of your assessments.

Our Master’s emphasis on providing students with real-world insights and practical skills will allow you to effectively and immediately apply your learnings to your career.

Why join us?

Portsmouth is a gateway city that’s open to the world. Our University is the same. Our part-time, online courses mean you can study from anywhere in the world when it suits you. With us, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to up your career prospects and develop a global network along the way. Join us on the next step in your education journey. See how we can help take you where you want to go.

Our students are from all over the world. We have welcomed students from almost 150 countries and counting. It would be our pleasure to welcome you too!

The University of Portsmouth's part-time, online courses is designed to fit around you. You won’t need to move house or get a visa to study with us. You can access your course from anywhere in the world through Moodle, our easy-to-use Digital Learning Environment (DLE). This is possible because all our modules, learning activities and assessments are delivered online.

All our course modules are divided into manageable weekly sections so that the course fits your lifestyle and commitments.

Upon graduation from the University of Portsmouth via an online course, your degree certificate will have the same academic weight as an on-campus degree.