1. To provide students with a wide ranging understanding of the information security management landscape.

2. To equip students with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the potential of cybercrime (through ethical hacking).

3. To provide students with systematic understanding of the tools and techniques that can be deployed for cybercrime prevention.

4. To develop the practical ability of students to deploy the tools and techniques of cybercrime prevention in both commercial and non-commercial settings.

(M1) A comprehensive understanding of the cyber-crime prevention "landscape", including the tools and techniques available to mitigate against the effects of cybercrime.

(M2) An in depth and critical understanding of the concepts of ethical hacking and information security management.

(M3) A comprehensive ability to analyse computer security problems as well as being able to identify and define countermeasures appropriate to their solution.

(M4) A substantial ability to cooperate effectively in teams to address common cybercrime prevention issues, especially in the context of asset protection.

(M5) An in depth understanding of smartphone security and the associated protection issues.

(S1) Communication skills in electronic as well as written form.

(S2) Self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems.

(S3) An ability to act autonomously and professionally when planning and implementing solutions to computer science problems.

(S4) Experience of working in development teams, respecting others, co-operating, negotiating/persuading, awareness of interdependence with others.

Week 1
Critical overview of cybercrime prevention terminology and the legal aspects involved.

Week 2
Information security management, security auditing, monitoring, ethical hacking and penetration testing.

Week 3
Building of an ethical hacking environment (laboratory) to allow experimentation with hacking techniques in weeks 4 and 5, so that a comprehensive understanding of these techniques can be gained.

Week 4-5
Ethical hacking in a number of contexts such as: wireless communication, Wi-Fi Protocol access, Operating Systems, the " Secure Sockets Layer" , access point cloning, router attacks, SQL injection and the building of key loggers.

Week 6-7
Techniques, tools and processes for cybercrime prevention in a variety of domains such as: desktop applications, wireless access points, smartphones and bluetooth connections.

Week 8
Comprehensive understanding of the security challenges of emerging com puting environments.

The mode of delivery is by online learning, facilitated by a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). This mode of study enables students to pursue modules via home study while continuing in employment. Module delivery involves the establishment of a virtual classroom in which a relatively small group of students (usually 10-25) work under the direction of a faculty member. Module delivery proceeds via a series of eight one-week online sessions, each of which comprises an online lecture, supported by other eLearning activities, posted electronically to a public folder in the virtual classroom. The eLearning activities will include lecture casts, live seminar sessions, self-assessment activities, reading materials and other multimedia resources. Communication within the virtual classroom is asynchronous, preserving the requirement that students are able to pursue the module in their own time, within the weekly time-frame of each online session. An important element of the module provision is active learning through collaborative, cohort-based, learning using discussion fora where the students engage in assessed discussions facilitated by the faculty member responsible for the module. This in turn encourages both confidence and global citizenship (given the international nature of the online student body).