{"id":2561,"date":"2020-08-28T09:50:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T08:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2020-08-28T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T08:50:34","slug":"kents-msc-cyber-security-programme-becomes-fully-certified-by-the-national-cyber-security-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/2020\/08\/28\/kents-msc-cyber-security-programme-becomes-fully-certified-by-the-national-cyber-security-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent\u2019s MSc Cyber Security programme becomes fully certified by the National Cyber Security Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kent\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/postgraduate\/1225\/cyber-security\">MSc Cyber Security programme<\/a> has become a fully certified master\u2019s degree recognised by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/\">National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) <\/a>\u2013 a subsidiary of the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).<\/p>\n<p>The full certification, which is valid for 5 years (2020-2025), confirms that Kent\u2019s MSc Cyber Security programme meets the criteria defined by the NCSC for master\u2019s degrees providing postgraduate students with a general, broad foundation in cyber security. The MSc Cyber Security programme previously held a Provisional Certification from the NCSC.<\/p>\n<p>Students graduating with this degree programme at the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/computing\">School of Computing<\/a> from 2019-20 onwards will receive a second certificate, jointly issued by the NCSC and the University of Kent, upon successful completion of the degree. This will enhance future career opportunities for graduating students.<\/p>\n<p>This progression comes as the University is building a portfolio of taught programmes in cyber security, including a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/undergraduate\/4397\/computer-science-cyber-security\">BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Cyber Security) programme<\/a> which will launch in September 2020. All current and forthcoming cyber security programmes at the University provide placement opportunities, allowing students to gain experience in industry as part of their study.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Karen Cox, Vice-Chancellor and President of Kent, said: \u2018I offer my congratulations and thanks to those colleagues in Cyber Security who helped achieve this important certification. It will be of tremendous value and benefit to our students when they graduate. It is also further recognition of the high quality of our teaching and research in this field.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Chris Ensor, NCSC\u2019s Deputy Director for Cyber Growth, said: \u2018I am delighted that the University of Kent has had its master\u2019s course in Cyber Security fully certified by the NCSC. It demonstrates our shared commitment to responsibly developing the cyber security talent pipeline. Offering a NCSC-certified degree helps prospective students make better informed choices about the quality of courses available and employers can rest assured that graduates will be well-taught and have valued industry skills.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kent\u2019s MSc Cyber Security programme has become a fully certified master\u2019s degree recognised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) \u2013 a subsidiary of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/2020\/08\/28\/kents-msc-cyber-security-programme-becomes-fully-certified-by-the-national-cyber-security-centre\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5321,"featured_media":2562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124,122],"tags":[37339,37351],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5321"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2561\/revisions\/2563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}