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City University London - Centre for Software Reliability

06 Feb 2012

City University London launches Masters for aspiring information security and risk managers

City University London is offering a new postgraduate course to help experienced information security and risk professionals progress to managerial and consultancy positions.

With information technology now critical to the operation of businesses, public sector organisations, transport infrastructure and utilities, the new Masters in Information Security and Risk (MISR) will teach technical, leadership and professional skills, as well as the socio-technical aspects of security and information assurance – how human behaviour, whether accidental or malicious, affects the security, resilience and reliability of IT systems.

The course will be taught by City’s renowned Centre for Software Reliability (CSR), which has pioneered education, research and consultancy into the dependability of computer-based systems since the 1980s.

Course director, Professor Kevin Jones, says: “Existing postgraduate courses in the IT security field are focussed primarily on specialist technical skills. There’s nothing out there to enable software engineers or risk auditors with five years’ experience to gain the strategic outlook that’s needed to move to management roles.

“Our aim is to address this by taking the bigger picture of information security, teaching students how to identify the trade-offs between multiple risks and the costs of protection, and how to advise senior management on such issues.”

The new course follows City’s successful 2010 launch of the Master of Information Leadership (MIL) – an executive postgraduate course designed to educate the next generation of Chief Information Officers (CIOs).

The MISR will be taught in a modular format, enabling professionals to complete it in 28 months part-time. Further information on fees, funding and how to apply is available at www.city.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/information-security-and-risk.

Notes to editors
Media enquiries should be directed to Luke Nava in City University London’s Press Office on 020 7040 8782 or at luke.nava.1@city.ac.uk.

About City University London
City University London is an international University with a commitment to academic excellence, a focus on business and the professions and a central London location. It is placed in the top 5% of universities around the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-11 and is ranked in the top 30 UK higher education institutions by the Times Higher Education Table of Tables 2011.

The University's Student Centre holds the 2011 Times Higher Education Leadership & Management Award for Outstanding Student Services Team.

City is a broadly-based University with world leading strengths in business; law; engineering and mathematical sciences; informatics; health sciences and the arts including journalism and music.

The University attracts over 21,000 students from more than 160 countries and academic and professional staff from over 50 countries.

City University London's predecessor, the Northampton Institute, was founded in 1894. City will celebrate its first half century as a University in 2016.

http://www.city.ac.uk

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