Master's
MSc UK SME Cyber and ICO-Facing Practice (Online)
University of Brigant
Master's
MSc UK SME Cyber and ICO-Facing Practice (Online)
University of Brigant (online)
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Taught in: English
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- INTERNATIONALFree (online)
About University of Brigant
Historic UK university (founded 1883) with Edinburgh campus and tuition-free online degrees.
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:** University of Brigant **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 Operators3 credits
- UOB702·ICO Processes, SARs, and Complaint Clocks3 credits
- UOB703·NIS-Adjacent Duties without Operator Theatre3 credits
- UOB704·Identity-Checked Cyber-Literacy Assessment3 credits
Module 2: Controls that fit ten to two-hundred people
- UOB705·Identity, MFA, and Backup Reality3 credits
- UOB706·Phishing, Invoice Fraud, and Staff Culture3 credits
- UOB707·Cloud, Laptops, and Home Working in SMEs3 credits
- UOB708·Children’s and Special-Category Data in Small Suppliers3 credits
Module 3: Incidents and suppliers
- UOB709·Ransomware Weekends and Honest Downtime3 credits
- UOB710·Insurers, Solicitors, and Notification Decisions3 credits
- UOB711·Processor Contracts and Supply-Chain Weakest Links3 credits
- UOB712·Writing for Directors without Fear Theatre3 credits
Module 4: Capstone
- UOB713·Scottish SME and Professional-Services Cases3 credits
- UOB714·Research Methods for Socio-Technical Controls3 credits
- UOB715·Tabletop Exercises that Are Not LARP Hacking3 credits
- UOB716·Capstone: Anonymised SME Control and ICO-Facing File3 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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