Course Information
(Tuition fee: $62,270 year 1
Tuition fee: $79,800 year 2 & 3
Eligible for HK$35,120 NMTSS* subsidy.
The tuition fee after deduction of NMTSS* subsidy: $27,150)
Course Overview
We are now living in online world – shop online, work online and socialize online. Meanwhile, our online activities generate a large amount of data that might be held by government bodies or commercial companies. If the information systems employed by these bodies are not secure, our data may fall into the wrong hands where it might be exploited to cause not only financial harm but also threaten our safety. This is why cyber security becomes a very important issue nowadays which everyone should be aware of.
This course provides a good combination of theory and practice by balancing cutting-edge security technologies and solutions with fundamental concepts and principles. After taking the course, you will have the necessary security knowledge and skills to embark on a security career.
What You’ll Learn
Year 1 :
- Computer Architecture
- Mathematics for Computing
- Programming
- Cyber Security for Society
- Algorithms and Data Types
- Information Systems and Databases
Year 2 :
- Applied Cryptography
- Theory of Computation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Network and Security
- Cyber Threat Analysis
- Group Research Project
Year 3 :
- Project (over 2 semesters)
- Enterprise Security Management (ESM)
- Cyber Crime
- Advanced Topics in Cyber Security
- Machine Learning