The programme leads to an award of a BSc Degree in Cyber Security.
Cyber security is the application of technologies, processes, and controls to protect systems, networks, programs, devices and data from cyber attacks.
The undergraduate programme in the department leads to an award of BSc Degree in Cyber Security.
The progamme structure requires a student to complete an average of 180 credit units in a minimum of three or four years.to 200 level while focusing on departmental courses from 300 level to 400 level.
VISION
The Programme is driven by producing graduates who can make informed contributions to scientific, technological, economic and social issues in a globalized environment. Thus, the various research clusters in the Programme are involved in research geared toward the attainment of both Visions of the University and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
MISSION
The goal of the Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security program is to prepare students for successful careers as Cyber Security professionals and to make a positive contribution to society. Preparing students with the technical knowledge and skills needed to plan, implement, and monitor cyber security mechanisms to help ensure the protection of information technology assets; identify, analyze, and remediate computer security breaches; and students that can protect and defend computer systems and networks. This will enhance the lives of our graduates and will also serve the needs of our constituents who employ our interns and graduates. We do so in full cognizance of Clifford University’s aims to promote talent and economic development to enhance the quality of life by developing cyber security professionals. At the same time, we hope to give the students an enjoyable learning experience, enhanced by innovative academic approaches and hands-on experiential activities in cybercrime solutions that will prepare graduates to make a global impact in cyber security and networking career.
The Philosophy of Cyber Security is to contribute to the development of our nation in the world of Ubiquitous Computing and Engineering Research. The Cyber Security Programme at Clifford University, therefore, seeks to engage in progressive research and to involve our society in the new age of information and cyber security.
The programme also seeks to produce tomorrow’s leaders in education, industry, research, and public policy. The impact of ubiquitous computing and the internet calls for rapid changes in computer systems and the criminal justice system at all levels. From threats to national security to banking fraud to simple fraudulent schemes for the unassuming, the “cyber sphere” has become the place where crime is committed and must, therefore, be detected and handled accordingly.
Upon graduation, students with a B. Sc. in Cyber Security should be able to:
1. Analyze a complex cyber security problem and apply the principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
2. Design, implement, and evaluate both computing-based and non-computing-based (such as policies and procedures) solutions to meet a given set of cyber security requirements in the context of the program’s disciplines.
3. Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.
4. Recognize the professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in the practice of Cybersecurity based on legal and ethical principles.
5. Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline.
6. Identify and analyze user needs and take them into account in the selection, creation, integration, evaluation, and administration of computing-based and non-computing-based cyber security systems