The degree is awarded by the University of London.

The Lead College with responsibilities for the  academic direction of this degree is Royal Holloway.

You can either study this degree Online from any location or Full-time/Part-time at Royal Holloway.

The course is designed to introduce the technical, legal and commercial aspects of Information Security. It is intended as a foundation for a professional career, as well as for postgraduate research, in Information Security. Graduates of the degree are expected to find employment in both industry and commerce as security experts, and the need for such experts is likely to be very high for the foreseeable future.

The Information Security Group

The Information Security Group (ISG) at Royal Holloway is an interdisciplinary research group comprised of computer scientists and mathematicians. The group offers an active research environment with over ten established academic posts and a large number of research students, making it one of the largest academic security groups in the world. The group regularly hosts international visitors and has strong research links with a number of industrial and government institutions. A recent initiative has been the formation of the Smart Card Centre by Giesecke and Devrient, Vodafone and Royal Holloway. In 1998 Royal Holloway, University of London, was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize in recognition of the work of the ISG.
The ISG conducts research in areas such as the design and evaluation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols (where it contributes actively to the international standardisation process), smart cards, electronic commerce, security management, mobile telecommunications security, and the integration of security techniques into specific applications. Information about current members of the ISG and their research interests is available. There is also a list of former members of staff as well as PhD and MSc graduates.

The Information Security Group - The MSc programmes

The ISG offers two MSc courses: MSc in Information Security and MSc in Secure Electronic Commerce. Both are interdisciplinary courses taught by the ISG and security experts from industry. Over 40 companies contribute to the MSc courses. To date students from almost 40 countries have successfully completed the Masters programmes.

Our ex-students can now be found in many organisations working as security professionals, some of whom are now in very senior positions. These organisations range from large financial institutions such as Abbey National, KPMG, Mondex, NatWest, Rothschild, and Standard Chartered Bank, technology and research oriented organisations such as BT, Camelot, Hewlett-Packard, and Vodafone, and security specialists such as Baltimore, Indicii Salus, Insight Consulting, Logica, and RSA Inc. A list of MSc alumni is available.

MSc in Information Security

Since its inception in 1992, the MSc in Information Security (the first of its kind in Europe) has increased rapidly in popularity, and is now widely recognised as a stepping stone to a career as an information security expert.

For full details about the programme please visit the site http://www.mscsecurity.org (Link will open a new window)