DURATION: OCTOBER 2025 (12 WEEKS) | TUTOR: Dr Maria Alvanou
Learning Objectives
Identify and analyse critically security risks, threats and vulnerabilities in information systems, accounting for the current threat landscape.
Gather and synthesise information from multiple sources (including internet security alerts & warning sites) to aid in the systematic analysis of risks & security issues manage and audit risk & security issues.
Critically determine appropriate methodologies, tools and techniques to mitigate and/or solve security risks and their business impact.
Articulate the legal, social, ethical, and professional issues faced by information security and risk professionals.
Unit 1: An Introduction to Security and Risk Management