This programme will provide students with both theoretical and practical skills to understand and respond to computer security threats in the modern enterprise. It will arm them with a broad range of competencies to successfully engage in many different security career roles in the enterprise.

Students will be given a comprehensive insight of the role and practice of security in the enterprise that will enable them to holistically understand the security context and to relate the security processes and lifecycle to the business activities of the organisation and to hence identify and prioritize security activities.

Online

– Network Security
– Computer Security
– Security in the Enterprise
– Intro to Cryptography
– Security in the Enterprise
– Object Oriented Programming 1 & 2
– Continuous Build & Delivery
– Agile Design & Testing

Honours (Grade 2.2) degree in an appropriate engineering, computing or cognate discipline, or an equivalent qualification.

Online – Induction for the September 2023 programme takes place (online via Zoom) on Saturday 09th September from 9.30am to 1.00pm. Classes commence week beginning Monday 11th September 2023.

This is a Springboard+ Funded Programme.

This programme will be fully funded for eligible unemployed applicants.

Eligible employed applicants will be 90% funded. They will have to pay 10% directly to TUS. The 10% payable is €690.

1 year: 2 evenings per week online.  This programme has 12 contact hours per week and at least 12 hours of self-directed learning are necessary per week, and it incorporates a work placement or industry focused dissertation so that students can directly apply theory to practice.

NFQ Level 9
(90 Credits)

Software development is an enormous growth area in ICT engineering, with over 900 software companies currently in operation in Ireland, employing over 24,000 people. TUS Partner companies have indicated a clear need for cyber security skills that remain unfulfilled by the current supply of graduates at a national level. Possible roles available to graduates of this programme include: Security Architect (SA); Security Risk Analyst (SRA); Security Operations Analyst (SOA); Security Platform Engineer (SPE); Secure Software Developer (SSD)