Cyber Security and Digital Forensics

BSc (Hons) Cyber Security and Digital Forensics is one of our highest-ranking degrees for graduate employment.

Develop computer programming and database skills and expand your knowledge of computer networks, systems and the legal environment you’ll operate in.

Gain vital professional skills, such as using industry standard forensic and security tools. Build your industry network and knowledge at presentations from visiting professionals. Past speakers have included Avon & Somerset High Tech Crime Unit, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard and Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Apply what you've learnt to practical projects, including investigating computer crimes and assessing the integrity of forensic data and computer security systems.

Enter national competitions and undertake challenges so you can apply your skills and build an industry profile. Past students have achieved success in the Cyber Security Challenge UK and the British Computing Society's Ada Lovelace Colloquium.

High demand for your skills will enable you to choose a placement from a range of specialisms - choose from careers in government and the private or public sector. Roles can be within forensics and security teams, legal practices or the police and related organisations.