Diploma in Cyber Security Management

The Programme is designed to meet the present-day law enforcement and scientific investigation requirements for the police. It is designed to equip police members and officers with the requisite knowledge and skills in the investigation of cybercrimes.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the programme students should be able to:

• Demonstrate sound knowledge of the basic components of the computer system.
• Exhibit knowledge of the classifications of cybercrimes.
• Apply techniques of gathering electronic evidence in the digital environment not overlooking other forms of evidence.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the concepts of cyber security.
• Apply the techniques of attending and managing cybercrime scenes.
• Exhibit knowledge of maintenance of the chain of custody in digital evidence handling.
• Apply techniques of preserving the integrity of digital evidence.
• Apply techniques of recovering evidence from mobile devices, computers and networks.
• Perform collaborative activities to develop a familiarity with the cybercrime legal framework.
• Demonstrate knowledge of cybercrime Standard Operating Procedures.

Modules

All students will take fourteen (14) courses including a research project in Level two of the Diploma programme in the student’s own special field of practice.

PART I – SEMESTER ONE [75 COURSE UNITS]

Level I.1:       75 Course Units

Core –Courses

Code             Course Narration                                           Course Units

DCM101       Introduction to Cybercrime                               15

DCM102       Types of Cybercrime                                            15

DCM103       Legal Framework and Human Rights              15

DCM104       Introduction to Digital Forensics                        15

DCM105       Cybercrime Investigations                                  15

PART I – SEMESTER TWO [75 COURSE UNITS]

Level 1.2:      75 Course Units

Code             Course                                                                           Course Units

DCM106       International Cooperation against Cybercrime                  15

DCM107       Cyber Security and Cybercrime Prevention: Strategies,

Polices and Programmes                                                            15

DCM108       Cyber Security and Cybercrime Prevention: Practical

Applications and Measures                                                       15

DCM109       Privacy and Data Protection                                                     15

DCM110       Research Methods and Statistics                                              15

Course DCM110 is a pre-requisite to the Research Project

PART II – SEMESTER ONE [60 COURSE UNITS]

Level 2.1:      90 Course Units

Code             Course                                                                           Course Units

DCM201       Cyber enabled Intellectual Property                           15

DCM202       Cyber Organised Crime                                                  15

DCM203       Cyber Space                                                                      15

DCM204       Research Project                                                               15

DCM205       Crime Management                                                        15

DCM206       Contemporary Policing                                                   15