Help with finding a course

Question

Hi ,

Not sure if this is really a programming question.

I am looking to do a course based in the UK on cyber security does any one know of any part time courses I can do in my spare time like the open university?

Also if you could provide me with some tutorials online that would be great.

Thanks very much

Answer 1

A good start :

Security Engineering by Ross Anderson, old version downloadable.

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html

Don't know about the classes in the UK, though.

Answer 2

Are you looking for online courses in software security / secure software development, or more general courses in IT security (secure network engineering, pen testing etc)?

SANS institute http://www.sans.org has excellent online On Demand courses in all aspects of cyber security from management and auditing to pen testing, secure software development, secure network engineering, secure IT operations, Windows and Linux/Unix specific courses, incident management etc. The courses are comprehensive although expensive, and you can write certification exams which are well recognized in the US, not sure about the UK.

For software security I would recommend the Advanced Software Security program at Stanford University http://scpd.stanford.edu/computerSecurity/. The Foundations course provides a good overview of the issues in software security, and again you can seek certification. Stanford offers some free webinars as part of this program as well.

Security Innovation offers a series of courses on IT security and secure software development with an emphasis on Microsoft technologies and the Microsoft SDL: http://www.securityinnovation.com/products/elearning/index.shtml. The courses are short, relatively inexpensive.

All of these courses can be done part time, and should be available in the UK.