Programme Introduction
With a strong emphasis on practical application of academic and theoretical aspects, this programme aims to teach the key skills and competencies required by a cybersecurity professional, using specialised physical and virtual labs. It will cover specialist security topics in the computing field, including ethical hacking, digital forensics, penetration testing, network security and cryptography.
Programme Features
Learning at Cybersecurity Centre
The Cybersecurity Centre plays an important role in nurturing young talents through pre-employment training for cybersecurity workforce. You will have opportunities to attend trainings to upskill professional competencies through handling real scenario security incidents.
Practical contents
Throughout the course, great emphasis is placed on the practical development of work, with a significant portion of your time being spent on assisted lab tasks. The las tasks may involve live practical hacking challenges, seminars discussing topics such as cryptography and forward secrecy, or project-based classes, which involve more in-depth work on developing secure systems in hostile environments.
Modules*
Digital Forensics Fundamentals
Intermediate Digital Forensics
Data Recovery and Advanced Digital Forensic Analysis
Advanced Network Management and Design
Ethical Hacking 2
Systems Security
Individual Project
Academic Writing 3: Writing Skills for Dissertation and Research Project
*We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated, please contact us for the latest information.
Assessment^
Coursework, examination, and final project, etc.
^ Under Review and subject to change
Enquiries
Programme Coordinator
Mr. Kelvin Yip
Tel. no.: 2595 2545
Email: kelvinyip@vtc.edu.hk
General Enquiries
Ms. Kelly Lai
Tel. no.: 2595 8377
Email: kellylai@vtc.edu.hk
Registration No. : 253042. It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognise any qualification to which this course may lead.