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MSc UK SME Cyber and ICO-Facing Practice (Online)

Arab Leadership University

Arab Leadership University

Master's

MSc UK SME Cyber and ICO-Facing Practice (Online)

Arab Leadership University

Arab Leadership University (online)

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Tuition

Free (online)

Degree

M.Sc.

Delivery

Full-time · Online

Duration

2 years (18 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English, Arabic

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONALFree (online)

About Arab Leadership University

Fully online Arabic digital university serving the League of Arab States.

Overview

University of Brigant’s MSc UK SME Cyber and ICO-Facing Practice is for operations leads in small and mid-sized UK firms who already fear a phishing Monday and an ICO letter on Tuesday. Edinburgh or tuition-free online, one standard. You will design proportionate controls, incident logs, and subject-access processes—not a red-team bootcamp and not a CISSP cram. Assessment is identity-checked. No NCSC, ICO, or vendor logos implying endorsement. Capstones use an anonymised SME control file. Dual pathway keeps one academic standard: Edinburgh seminars and tuition-free online students sit the same identity-checked assessments and the same prohibition on offensive cyber coursework.

Delivered fully online with live seminars, recorded lectures, and tutor support.

**Award:** Arab Leadership University **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits

Module 1: UK legal-operational baseline

  • UOB701·UK GDPR and PECR for SME Operators
    3 credits
  • UOB702·ICO Processes, SARs, and Complaint Clocks
    3 credits
  • UOB703·NIS-Adjacent Duties without Operator Theatre
    3 credits
  • UOB704·Identity-Checked Cyber-Literacy Assessment
    3 credits

Module 2: Controls that fit ten to two-hundred people

  • UOB705·Identity, MFA, and Backup Reality
    3 credits
  • UOB706·Phishing, Invoice Fraud, and Staff Culture
    3 credits
  • UOB707·Cloud, Laptops, and Home Working in SMEs
    3 credits
  • UOB708·Children’s and Special-Category Data in Small Suppliers
    3 credits

Module 3: Incidents and suppliers

  • UOB709·Ransomware Weekends and Honest Downtime
    3 credits
  • UOB710·Insurers, Solicitors, and Notification Decisions
    3 credits
  • UOB711·Processor Contracts and Supply-Chain Weakest Links
    3 credits
  • UOB712·Writing for Directors without Fear Theatre
    3 credits

Module 4: Capstone

  • UOB713·Scottish SME and Professional-Services Cases
    3 credits
  • UOB714·Research Methods for Socio-Technical Controls
    3 credits
  • UOB715·Tabletop Exercises that Are Not LARP Hacking
    3 credits
  • UOB716·Capstone: Anonymised SME Control and ICO-Facing File
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces
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