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Cybercrime has quickly risen to become a top-level national security priority across the globe. Increasing the security of data, as well as reducing the impact of a network or database security breach, are the key challenges for IT security specialists.

In this degree, you’ll gain a solid foundation of the theoretical and practical aspects of different dimensions of cyber security, such as network security, software security, system security measures and models, information security, computer forensics, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment.

You’ll learn how to forensically examine digital evidence, identify and respond to threats and information security incidents, and develop digital forensic and critical thinking skills to solve computer crime.

Year 1

• Discrete Mathematics
• Database Design Concepts
• Object-oriented System Analysis & Design
• Data Structure and Algorithms
• Networking Technologies
• Information Technology & Computer Systems
• Introduction to Business
• English for Business
• Business Skills for E-Commerce
• Business Statistics

MPU Subjects

• Bahasa Melayu Komunikasi 2 / Penghayatan Etika & Peradaban
• Bahasa Kebangsaan A/Integrity and Anti-Corruption
• Philosophy & Current Issues

Year 2

• Consulting and Freelancing
• Introduction to Server Environments and Architecture
• Introduction to ICT Research Methods
• System Analysis and Design
• Databases
• Computer Security
• Information Technology Project Management
• Building Employability Skills
• Elective 1*
• Industrial Placement

MPU Subjects

• Green Business
• Co-curriculum

Year 3

• Cyber Forensics and Information Technology
• Security Architectures and Systems Administrations
• Information Security Policy and Governance
• IT Professional Practice Project
• Elective 2*
• Elective 3*
• Elective 4*

Electives*

• Information System Management^
• Business Intelligence Application Development^
• Advanced Business Analysis Design^
• Enterprise Architecture^
• Intelligent Systems
• Principles of Computer Science

^Completion of these electives will award students with a second major in Business Information System.

Modules are subject to change.