Make a difference in the fight against cybercrime
For Dorthy, an international student from India raised in the Middle East, the University of Greenwich was the perfect choice for her when she learned about its BSc Cyber Security and Digital Forensics. This was the specific course she was looking for, and she had struggled to find this offering at many universities. Her decision was further solidified as the location of the university’s Greenwich Campus, home to its School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, meant she could commute easily from her home in Central London to the University using the London Underground.
Dorthy’s degree combines the study of cyber security, a stream of computer science that looks at strengthening the security computer systems, with digital forensics, which involves the identification and examination of digital devices in relation to a crime to support with legal proceedings or incident response. Dorthy hopes to use the skills she is learning on her degree in a graduate role that will see her assessing cyber risks and protect data.
With the increase in cyber-attacks and the need for assessing cyber risks in almost every industry, this degree is the key to placing yourself in a sector where you are always in demand and valued... This is the main reason I chose this degree – to help protect communities.
A fully certified degree course with valuable modules
The BSc Cyber Security and Digital Forensics course at the University of Greenwich is fully certified by the National Cyber Security Centre. This means the degree has been identified by the Centre as being well-defined and delivered, with relevant content that reflects best practice. The course is available to study in full-time, part-time and sandwich mode.
Modules on the course cover disciplines within computer science and computing needed in many fields such as mathematics and advanced mathematics for computer science. Meanwhile, modules delving into computer forensics, network security and coding and cryptography will support students to become competent specialists in cyber security and digital forensics fields – graduates will have the skills to obtain rewarding careers supporting the private or public sector as cyber security analysts, security consultants, cyber security incident responders and more, or to support the criminal justice system as digital forensic examiners.
A welcoming community for international students
Dorthy has enjoyed being a student at the University of Greenwich and is now in her second year. She says her favourite part about studying at the University has been the community of students she has been part of during her time on her course. In particular, she has high praise for Global Greenwich, the student-led international community of the University that she works for as a Student Ambassador.
Global Greenwich holds events like Speed Friending, Global Trips, workshops and craft sessions where you can socialise with other students and find people who have similar interests as you. All of this makes Greenwich a very social university.
