MSc Cyber Risk for Business

at University College Cork

Students take a total of 90 credits. Part I consists of 70 credits and Part II consists of 20 credits. 
 

Part I (70 credits)

• BU6005: Applied Research Methods

• BU6510: Professional Development and Research Communication

• IS6017: Enterprise Business Processes and Applications

• IS6025: Design Thinking for Business Analysis

• IS6027: Information Systems Project Planning

• IS6028: Information Systems Project Tracking and Oversight

• IS6050: Business Data Strategy and Management

• IS6060: Cloud Technologies

• IS6061: Programming for Data and Business Analytics

• IS6062:Security Architectures

• IS6063: Information Systems Risk Control Auditing

• IS6065: Information Systems Governance

• IS6066: Breach Management and Recovery

• IS6067: Ethical Hacking and Threat Response
   

 PART II (20 credits)

• IS6620: Applied Research in Cyber Risk

Candidates to have a Second Class Honours Grade II in a primary honours degree (NFQ, Level 8) or equivalent, with appropriate information systems or computing technology skills content. You may also be admitted to the course on the basis of extensive practical or professional experience, as deemed appropriate by the Professor of Business Information Systems and Cork University Business School under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Typical students are from technical disciplines such as Management Information Systems (MIS) or Business Information Systems (BIS), engineering, computer science and mathematics. It is also suitable for business and humanities graduates who have studied Computer Science and Business Information Systems (BIS) subjects and who have some object-oriented programming knowledge.
 

Minimum Requirements and Accepted English Language Tests & Examinations

The minimum English language entry requirements for admission onto a postgraduate programme at UCC are outlined below. These requirements are for postgraduate applicants whose first language is not English. If Gaeilge (Irish) is your first language these requirements do not apply to you.
 

There are a small number of programmes with a higher minimum English language entry requirement and we list these below under Programmes with a Higher Minimum English Language Requirement.

IELTS*    

• 6.5 Overall

• 6.0 Individual Skills (academic version)
   

TOEFL iBT    
 

• 90 Overall

• Listening 20

• Reading 19

• Speaking 21

• Writing 20

The EU fee for this course is €10,630.
 

The Non-EU fee for this course is €18,490.

Our MSc Cyber Risk for Business graduates can look forward to positions in multiple industry sectors, as risk analysts, threat intelligence analysts, risk auditors, data privacy officers, business analysts and project managers. Graduates will also find positions in business analysis and general management open to them in the IT sector.
 

The Information Technology, Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Public Services sectors all require graduates from this programme. Typical roles include Project Manager, Business Analyst, Risk Analyst, Data Analyst, Threat Analyst, Data Protection Officer, Operations Research and IT Manager.