Cybercrime (Distance Learning) University of Portsmouth

Overview

Studying online, you'll gain the critical knowledge and analytical skills to meet the growing threat of cybercrime, allowing you to facilitate investigations and operate as a link between the police and technological forensic investigation teams.

On this Cybercrime (distance learning), M.Sc. from the University of Portsmouth , you'll learn how investigative cybercrime practices work in the public and private sectors, in areas such as hacking, online drug markets, the dark web, and sexual exploitation/child protection online. 

You'll graduate with the skills needed to play your part in mitigating and tackling all kinds of cybercrime, from the local to the global.

Career and opportunities 

You’ll graduate with knowledge of practice and theory in cybercrime, as well as the research and analytical skills needed for private or public sector careers in the UK or abroad.

If you already work in the field of criminal justice, you'll be ready to pursue higher-level roles, or to break into a different area of the discipline. If you're preparing to start your career in criminal justice, you'll gain the knowledge and advanced research problem-solving skills you need to stand out to employers.

You could also go on to a graduate scheme such as PoliceNow or the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme.

Graduates of this course can go on to roles such as:

• cybercrime investigator

• online behavioural analyst

• policing (as an officer or civilian staff)

• crime, security and intelligence analysis

• private security

• data analyst

Accreditation

NCSC provisionally certified