Cyber Security Management, B. Sc.

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Overview

Duration

6 Semester Fulltime/ 8 Semester Part-time

Start of programme

Winter semester

Degree

Bachelor

Campus

Mönchengladbach

Degree programme contents

  • Secure Operation of IT Systems
    Weighting: 5 of 5
  • Data Protection & Privacy
    Weighting: 4 of 5
  • Forensische Werkzeuge erstellen und einsetzen
    Weighting: 5 of 5
  • Problem-Based Learning
    Weighting: 5 of 5
  • Digital Transformation
    Weighting: 5 of 5
  • Hackathon and Application Projects
    Weighting: 4 of 5

What awaits you during your studies

The study concept is based on problem-based learning; set problems from real-life situations are solved largely independently with an active approach geared to practical applications.

With the skills you acquire as a graduate of the Cyber Security Management degree programme you will be able to carry out important key tasks for companies in process-related and organisational information security, in IT operations and in information technology.                 

You will deal with the design, development, selection and use of IT security architectures, IT security procedures and technologies in the company and on the administration level. With your competence and qualification, you will take on relevant tasks at the interface between the specialist departments and IT security.

Future prospects

As a graduate of this degree programme you will be qualified professionally and methodically to effectively meet the requirements of current and future job profiles within the information and communication technology sector as well as critical infrastructures, depending on your chosen focus and personal interests.
You can subsequently work in the following professional fields, for example:

Within a company as

  • Information Security Officer
  • Data Protection Officer
  • IT Security Officer
  • Cyber Security Expert in the field of Network Access Control (network security)
  • IT Security Expert in the field of Identity Access Management (identity management)
  • In-house Lead Auditor or Controller

Job profiles as an external employee / freelancer

  • Network Security Specialist 
  • ISMS Implementer in compliance with ISO/IEC 27001 and IT Grundschutz (IT Baseline Protection)
  • Auditor in compliance with ISO/IEC 27001 / EnWG of BNetzA and BSI
  • Advisor/Consultant with different fields of specialisation.

As a graduate you will also be highly sought after by federal authorities, such as the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

The high demand for IT security specialists ensures interesting starting salaries and above-average earnings. In the ranking with incomes of other professionals, average salaries are right at the top.

Courses are held in German.

1/6 What our partners say

Dr. Bodo Karnbach ITK Rhineland Chair of the Management Board of ITK Rheinland
“Ensuring cyber security is of paramount importance to us. Data management in connection with material and assembly engineering is a matter of trust – and the trust of our customers is of the utmost importance to us. With increasing and complete digital data handling, different measures are needed to protect this trust than were previously employed.”
Jürgen Steinmetz IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein (Chamber of Commerce and Industry) Chief Executive
“The Cyber Campus NRW is important for our region because it will ensure that our companies have access to urgently needed IT specialists. Security is the fundamental requirement for the success and acceptance of digitisation. The Cyber Campus NRW will make a valuable contribution in this respect. I was happy to work with all partners to make this happen, and I’m pleased that the federal state supported our initiative.”
Jochen Klenner Member of the Federal State Parliament (Landtag)
“The digital revolution will continue to speed up as a result of the experience gained during the pandemic in recent weeks, for example with regard to remote working and teaching. However, secure systems and data are an essential basis for a digital society . We want to train the required specialists, for example, to prevent attacks on public and private infrastructures such as hospitals, data centres and energy suppliers.”
Dr. Peter Schlegelmilch Brain of Materials AG Board of Directors/CEO Brain of Materials AG
“Our society is becoming increasingly digitised. Sensitive data is stored on a wide variety of electronic media and exchanged through a number of networks. This means that there are many points of attack for criminals to damage companies, be it by means of theft, blackmail, alteration of sensitive data or by damaging the IT infrastructure. For this reason we need a growing number of new experts to provide protection.”
Dr. Günter Krings, Member of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of the Interior
“The IT skills shortage is one of the big problems we are facing during digitisation of public life and this is even more true regarding experts in cyber security. The new Cyber Campus NRW is therefore all the more important for our region, as it means that the great backlog in demand for digitisation is finally being addressed. As a result we’re not only doing something for the competitiveness of our businesses, but we’re also making great strides towards a more modern and secure public administration.”
Rolf A. Königs AUNDE Achter & Ebels GmbH Chairman CEO
“In today’s world digitisation has become a permanent and evolving aspect of our personal and professional lives. To keep pace with this development we must ensure that we also technically and structurally manage the associated risks. This is why it is especially important for our region to train highly-qualified specialists for this growing and complex field at our Cyber Campus NRW.”

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Registration deadline Cyber Security Management B. Sc. for WiSe 2022/2023 starts 01. Mai until 17. September 2022.

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Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. René Treibert