School’s NPA Cyber and Software

Course description

This course will allow students to attain a double NPA in both Software Development and Cyber Security giving the key fundamentals and key for success in many of our Further Education Programmes.

This course includes identifying security issues, analysing and tracing evidence of security breaches and knowing how to hack systems.

Students will learn all about identifying security issues and get the skills to protect against, and discover the identity of those who try to steal personal information. This course can lead to enhanced knowledge of cyber security and digital forensics, which in turn can improve skills or lead to employment/ further study in the sector.

Students will be introduced to techniques that are important in the IT sector such as Computing Applications Development, Computing: Authoring a Website, and Software Design and Development.

This course will allow you to work towards two NPA qualifications whilst building on key concepts from computer Science that will allow you entry into our HNC programmes.

Learning outcome

Education:

• HNC Cyber Security, HNC Computing

Employment:

• Modern Apprenticeships
• Entry level programmer
• Software developer
• Software engineer
• Enhanced employment opportunities