You’ll start your cyber security education at ARU by learning about the fundamentals of computing, including computer networks, Linux operating systems, clientserver architectures and secure high-level software development. You'll come to understand and recognise the cybercrime threats that organisations, and their infrastructures, face.You’ll go on to study the cryptographic principles underpinning digital security and their application, how organisations' infrastructures can be protected from attack, and how digital forensics can be used to investigate cyber related crime and malware infections. In a Security Management module, we’ll investigate how organisations visualise security operations, undertake threat intelligence and investigate potential threats.What is a cyber security degreeA Cyber Security BSc (Hons) is an opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills across all areas of cyber security and start to specialise in those that particularly interest you. You’ll complete the course as a well-rounded graduate with a university-level qualification, thoroughly prepared to enter the workplace.Our cyber security degree covers computer systems and their architecture and automation; software principles and security; cyber crime; database design and implementation; network technologies, routing and switching; digital security and forensics; penetration testing (ethical hacking); malware science; and security management and governance.You’ll learn in lectures and the lab, work both independently and as part of a team, and be assessed through a combination of multiple choice examinations, case study and research projects, and formal written reports.Studying cyber security at ARU means you’ll have access to industry-standard hardware and software, gain up-to-the-minute knowledge and skills from our highly-qualified, research-active lecturers, and benefit from our extensive industry connections.