Master of Cyber Security

To be eligible to study this course, applicants must meet the following entry requirements:

Specialisation: Management and Leadership

• Have completed a recognised bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a cognate discipline (e.g. Engineering, Business, Science, Leadership, Policy) with a WAM of 65 or greater as determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Entry Score Calculator; OR
• Have four years of relevant experience* with demonstrated skills and ability in leadership. Refer to the program page for relevant experience for the Management and Leadership Specialisation; AND
• Be proficient in the English language.

*Relevant experience for the Management and Leadership specialisation includes, but is not limited to, the following roles: Business Systems Analyst, Front end developer, Application coder, Game designer, Cyber Security Analyst, Software Developer, Consultant in Risk or Business, Penetration Tester, Security Team Manager, Digital Forensics specialist, Cyber Security Change and Awareness Manager, Cyber Security Outreach Trainer, Private Investigator, Specialist Police and Military roles, Financial Analyst, Forensic Accountant, Computer Systems or Information Auditor, Data Privacy, Electronics Technician, Project Manager, Executive Officer, Technical Manager, Analyst.  

Specialisation: Cyber Security (Security Engineering)

• Have completed a recognised bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a cognate discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Science or Engineering or a degree containing considerable mathematics and/or statistics courses) with a WAM of 65 or greater as determined by the UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Entry Score Calculator; OR
• Have four years of relevant experience* with demonstrated skills and ability in leadership. Refer to the program page for relevant experience for the Security Engineering Specialisation; AND
• Be proficient in the English language.

*Relevant experience for the Security Engineering specialisation includes, but is not limited to, the following roles: Business Systems Analyst, Front End Developer, Application Coder, Game Designer, Cyber Security Analyst, Software Developer, Consultant in Risk or Business, Penetration Tester, Security Team Manager, Digital Forensics Specialist, Cyber Security Change and Awareness Manager, Cyber Security Outreach Trainer, Private Investigator, Specialist Police and Military roles, Financial Analyst, Forensic Accountant, Computer Systems or Information Auditor, Data Privacy, Electronics Technician, Project Manager, Executive Officer, Technical Manager, Analyst, Systems Administrator, Network or Telecommunications Engineer.

Entry via nested qualification

• For those who do not qualify for direct entry into the master’s program, you may be eligible for entry into the Graduate Certificate in Data Science or the Graduate Diploma in Data Science. Generally, if you successfully complete the Graduate Certificate and/or the Graduate Diploma with a WAM of 65 or above, you can progress to the Masters.

In this cyber security course, the subjects you may study include:

Foundation Subjects:

• Foundations of Cyber Security
• Data Security and Privacy^
• Cyber Security Ethics
• Principles of Security Engineering

Specialisation electives:

Management and Leadership

• Cyber Operations ^
• Cyber and the Law ^ C
• Cyber Management and Governance^
• Cyber Threats and Crime^

Security Engineering

• Cloud Security^
• Penetration Testing^
• Advanced Penetration Testing^*
• Reverse Engineering^#+
• Digital Forensics^#

General electives:

• Cyber Risk & Resilience^
• Fundamentals of Coding: C and Assembler
• Operation Systems Fundamentals^+

Free electives

The remaining two free electives may be chosen from any subject in any stream offered in the program (subject to prerequisites being met), or any other approved electives from outside the program.

Specialisation Capstone

Choose either:

• Management and Leadership Capstone^
• Security Engineering Capstone^

^Pre-requisite: Foundations of Cyber Security. *Pre-requisite: Penetration Testing. #Pre-requisure: Operating System Fundamentals. +Pre-requisite: Fundamentals of Coding: C and Assembler