MSc Information Security and Computer Crime

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MSc Information Securityand Computer Crime

• Dr Mark Ware
• MSc Programme Leader (Computing)
• University of Glamorgan

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• Friday 7th September
• Introduction
• Enrolment Forms
• Register for University IS Account
• Student Handbook
• Saturday 8th September
• Blackboard
• Time Management
• Report writing
• Plagiarism

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• The University of Glamorgan (http//www.glam.ac.uk
  )
• Part of the UK State University network
• Largest provider of vocational education in Wales
• 20,000 students enrolled 2006-7
• 1,982 part time post graduate students
• 9.3 of total student population
• 73 of these age 30
• video

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• Faculty of Advanced Technology (http//fat.glam.ac
  .uk/)
• Over 150 courses, over 3700 students, 1555 part
  time students, 525 international students and
  165 research students.
• 4 Divisions
• Engineering
• Electronics and Computer Systems Engineering
• Built Environment
• Computing and Mathmatical Sciences

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• Electronics and Computer Systems Engineering
• Computer Systems Engineering (Dr Andrew Blyth)
• MSc Programme Leader Dr Theo Tryfonas
  (ttryfona_at_glam.ac.uk)
• MSc Information Security and Computer Crime
• Research
• http//security.research.glam.ac.uk/
• Course info
• www.glam.ac.uk/database (http//ltg4.comp.glam.ac.
  uk/modb2/displayawards.php?actiondisplayawardawa
  rdid1151)

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• Modules delivered over long weekend
• Schedule
• 6 taught modules Project
• 20 credit modules
• 60 credit Project
• PgC, PgD
• IS4S02 Important !!
• University full time staff deliver and assess
  each module
• Attendance

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• What do you need to do ?
• Do any preparatory work beforehand
• Attend
• Participate
• Read, read, read !!
• Put in approx 4 1 self study per taught hours

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Getting to know you

• Get into groups 4- 6 students
• As a group you have 20 minutes to find out
• Name
• Current employer / job role
• Why on this course
• What they want from this weekend
• Something personal / funny / co-incidence /
  interesting

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Getting to know you

• Introduce your group to the rest of the class
• You have 10 minutes to do this
• Invite questions / comments from the audience

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When things go wrong

• What to do if things go wrong ?
• Mitigating circumstances
• Formal process, fill in form etc. Can gain you
  additional time for assignment submission.
  Granted in exceptional circumstances. Requires
  corroborating evidence
• Suspend studies
• Temporarily withdraw from study programme. Right
  to re-join within 5 years
• Withdraw from programme
• Faculty Advice Shop
• http//fat.glam.ac.uk/about/advice/
• Sue Stocking (Advice Shop Manager
  sstockin_at_glam.ac.uk

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• Regulations see handbook and http//www.glam.ac.
  uk/academic/265/regulationsstudents
• taught module 20 credits
• project 60 credits
• 3 taught modules Post Grad Certificate
• 6 taught modules Post Grad Diploma
• 6 taught modules project MSc
• Subject board Award board
• 5 modules (must include IS4S02) to proceed to
  project
• Entitled to resits in up to 50
• Fail gt 50 (e.g. 4 modules) usually
  discontinued (with exit award if appropriate)
• Refer / Defer

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Setting yourself onto the University BB site and
email systems

• ssaa.glam.ac.uk
• Option 1 activate
• Follow instructions
• Username is enrolment number
• Password must be 6 characters, including one
  number and a capital letter

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• Blackboard http//blackboard.glam.ac.uk
• Glamlife - http//glamlife.glam.ac.uk/
• LRC - http//www.glam.ac.uk/lrc/