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Course description
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This is a school-college partnership course. We can only accept online applications from Glasgow City school students (S4-S6). If you attend a different school please use the Contact Us button to get in touch.
This introductory course in Cyber Security will provide you with base knowledge and skills in data security, digital forensics and ethical hacking.
Taking ethical, legal and professional considerations into account, you will create a data security policy for a professional organisation, and justify your policy decisions based on best practice.
You will learn how to conduct a digital forensics examination. You will investigate digital devices and media to secure evidence, before reconstructing, analysing and interpreting the data and creating an investigative report.
You will examine the tools and techniques used by both ethical and malicious hackers. You will consider the potential threats and mechanisms that can be leveraged by malicious hackers to target individuals and organisations. You will explore how ethical hacking can help identify and mitigate these threats, and try out some of the techniques and technologies used to defend systems from attack.
Entry requirements
This course would suit inquisitive, systematic and computer savvy students who are keen to develop their problem-solving skills. Applicants are expected to have English and Computing Science at National 5 (or National 5 Mathematics\ Physics).
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Venue details
City Campus
190 Cathedral Street
Glasgow
G4 0RF