Master of Science in Computing

Course details

This course is about producing postgraduate degree holders with comprehensive knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate for careers in Information Security and Digital Forensics. The course is focussed on

developing the student’s ability to deal with technical and logical problems by

analysing the current industrial practices and investigating and researching

developments of future technologies.

Who Should Apply for the MSc in Computing at ITB?

The MSc in Computing programme is of particular value to holders of a primary degree in computing, IT, or equivalent, working as IT professionals. It is also of value to individuals with a computing degree background who wish to develop their career towards working within a research-oriented environment at a postgraduate level.

Careers Opportunities

There are a large number of career opportunities for success graduates from this master’s programme. Graduates will be knowledgeable and skills in areas of

digital forensics, secure networking and communications, biometrics, business

continuance and disaster recovery and cybercrime prevention. Graduates from

this programme now work in Liberty IT, Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Ward Solutions, Integrity Solutions, SAP, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Rits, IDA and a wide range of SME businesses throughout Ireland.

Typical job titles are Information Security Crime Investigator/Forensics Expert,

System, Network, and/or Web Penetration Tester, Network Security Engineer,

Application Penetration Tester, Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Analyst/

Manager.

COURSE CONTENT

Year 1 Semester 1

• Network Security
• Cyber Crime Investigation

Year 1 Semester 2

• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
• Secure Communication and Cryptography

Year 2 Semester 3

• Digital Forensics
• Biometrics

Year 2 Semester 4

• MSc Research Project