The aims of the module are to:

• Establish the relationship between abstract layered protocols and the dominant Ethernet plus Internet Protocol network stacks.
• Develop skill in the capture and analysis of network traffic.
• Provide opportunities to configure network components and endpoints.
• Acknowledge that although cryptography is an important aspect of network security, network cryptography is covered in a separate module.

The aims of the module are to:

• Define the important properties, characteristics and metrics concerning cyber resilience in the face of cyber incidents.
• Introduce standard approaches to cyber security incident response.
• Introduce digital forensic process.
• Provide opportunities to apply digital forensic processes in the attribution of responsibility for an incident.

The aims of the module are to:

• Highlight the enormous extent of the evolving attack and defence landscape.
• Establish the high-level goals of the various classifications of threat actors.
• Introduce frameworks used to classify vulnerabilities, exploits, attack patterns, defence patterns and malware samples.
• Introduce tools and and techniques for the safe analysis of potential malware.
• Provide opportunities to engage in malware analysis.

The aims of this module are to:

• Introduce the facets of research from broad research philosophy to detailed data collection.
• Develop critical analysis skills across a range of different sources.
• Introduce ethical thinking into the development of an appropriate research methodology.