Open University

Maestría en Seguridad Cibernética

Knowledge and understanding

On completion of this qualification, you’ll have knowledge and understanding of:

• A range of cyber security tools, techniques, and systems and their application to business, societal and personal requirements
• The use of theory, practice and practical constraints to solve cybersecurity problems
• Cyber security systems, their development, specification and use, allowing their evaluation against a range of criteria such as related standards, codes of practice, quality and evaluation frameworks.

Cognitive skills

On completion of this qualification, you’ll be able to:

• Integrate knowledge and skills from various sources into a coherent whole, making appropriate abstractions
• Deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, using appropriate tools and techniques, notations and formalisms
• Llevar a cabo un proyecto original, independiente y práctico que involucre un equilibrio adecuado entre investigación, desarrollo, evaluación y revisión, y comunicar de manera efectiva los objetivos, procesos y resultados del proyecto.

Practical and/or professional skills

Cuando completes esta calificación, podrás:

• Recognise and respond to opportunities for innovation in cybersecurity
• Recognise social, legal, professional and ethical responsibilities and their appropriate application
• Critically evaluate developments in cyber security including the identification of limitations and risks, legal issues, cultural and ethical impact and societal and business needs
• Identify needs, articulate goals, locate and employ resources and follow action plans in support of independent learning and professional development.

Key skills

Cuando completes esta calificación, podrás:

• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, using appropriate channels and media and where appropriate incorporating research and practice from the forefront of the cyber security discipline and professional practice
• Make and articulate decisions, including collating appropriate evidence and opinions, even in the presence of incomplete information
• Independently apply problem solving principles; using appropriate underpinning knowledge and skills
• Review, evaluate, reflect on and critique your own work and the work of others, engaging in peer review processes that lead to innovation and improvement.

To gain this qualification, you need 180 credits as follows:

Stage 1 (120 credits)

120 créditos de:

• Information Security (M811)
• Digital Forensics (M812)
• Systems Security (M817)
• Network Security (T828)

Stage 2 (60 credits)

You’ll choose either:

• A Research route
• A Professional route

Research route

60 credits from:

• Research project (T802)

Professional route

30 credits from:

• MSc project: researching in context (T803)

Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued module T847.

30 credits from:

• Data management (M816)
• Project management (M815)
• Software development (M813)
• Software engineering (M814)
• Strategic capabilities for technological innovation (T849)
• Technology and innovation management (TB801)

Or, subject to the rules about excluded combinations, the discontinued modules T848 and U810.

Debe tener en cuenta que la regla de estudio única de la Universidad se aplica a esta calificación. Esto significa que debe incluir al menos 60 créditos de módulos de OU que no se hayan contado en ninguna otra calificación de OU que se le haya otorgado previamente. Tenga en cuenta, en particular, que puede contar el crédito de los siguientes módulos para una sola cualificación: Proyecto de investigación (T802); Proyecto de maestría: Investigación en contexto (T803).

Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods

Aprenderás de forma independiente, utilizando textos didácticos online; paquetes multimedia en CD, DVD y en línea; lectura dirigida de libros de texto y artículos académicos y de la industria; y herramientas de software especializadas.

We’ll support your learning with:

• Self-assessment questions and exercises
• Investigaciones, tareas y actividades basadas en computadora.
• Project work
• Feedback and guidance from tutors and other subject specialists
• Computer conferences and other online forums
• Study guides, information and guidance packs.

We’ll assess your learning using some or all of the following:

• Tareas interactivas marcadas por computadora (iCMA)
• Tutor-marked assessments (TMAs)
• Formal examinations
• Evaluaciones de fin de módulo (EMA)
• Informes de avance y proyecto.

There will be opportunities for you to:

• Apply your learning in practical contexts, for example by reflecting on your own engagement with computing systems in a home, work or social setting
• Engage with fellow students, tutors, subject practitioners and academic specialists in online groups
• Engage with research papers and industry white papers at the forefront of the discipline
• Gain exposure to the professional and employability discussions that are shaping the computing profession.

Los módulos del programa de posgrado en ciberseguridad están dirigidos a especialistas en seguridad, informáticos, ingenieros, gerentes técnicos y científicos que necesitan desarrollar o actualizar sus habilidades y conocimientos en ciberseguridad y obtener una cualificación reconocida para desarrollar sus carreras profesionales. Se han desarrollado para combinar los aspectos teóricos y prácticos de la ciberseguridad, permitiéndoles convertirse en profesionales eficaces en el sector.

Además, pretenden animarle, mediante la oferta de actividades educativas adecuadas, a desarrollar habilidades de estudio y transferibles aplicables a su empleo y a su desarrollo profesional continuo.