Department of Cybersecurity

Overview

Recent developments in computing, network technologies, internet, and cloud technologies have generated the need for reliability and secure exchange of digital information that are vital to most human activities such as banking, medicine, infrastructure management and elections. As the use of information technology expands, so are the potential consequences of cyber-attacks, and the need for a skilled workforce to prevent and defend against them. However, the pool of available talent to build and certify applications designed to withstand attacks, diagnose and prevent security intrusions is inadequate to meet the growing needs all over the world. Government agencies, business organisations, industries and military are scrambling to find qualified professionals to safeguard their systems, businesses and infrastructures. 

The focus of this programme is to equip students with sufficient knowledge, and skills to minimise and prevent cybersecurity threats and incidents. Students are also equipped with demonstrable abilities to gather, analyse, and present evidence of any cybersecurity bridges in organisation in a professional way. The graduates of this programme will understand the impact of cybercrime on business and the public and be able to identify and implement specific security practices, features and techniques to enhance the security of computers, computerbased systems and cyberspace.

Philosophy

The philosophy of the programme is to build capacity and develop human capital in the field of cybersecurity, to safeguard business transactions, corporate assets, critical infrastructure and all cyber operations in cyberspace, nationally and globally.

Objectives: The objectives are to:

1. produce graduates with requisite foundation knowledge of cybersecurity, skills and strategies that would enable them to detect and prevent cyber-fraud;
2. empower graduates with the ability to analyse cybersecurity threats, attacks and risks for organisations, with the capacity to develop detective codes and supportive software agents to address cybersecurity threats;
3. develop graduates with knowledge of cryptography and steganography for privacy of information on computer systems and digital forensic science techniques for the detection of cybercrimes;
4. produce graduates who can think critically about cyber intelligence security issues, develop and implement tactics strategic to cybersecurity, drawing on national and international recent case studies;
5. prepare graduates for the purpose of self-employment, cybersecurity-based job placement and professional practice in government and industries.

Admission requirements

4 Year Degree Programme

In addition to appropriate UTME-Score, a candidate must possess five Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC)-credits passes including English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any other relevant Science subjects in not more than two sittings. 

3 Year Degree Programme:  

Direct Entry

A minimum of a credit at the University/National Diploma or NCE with other five Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) credit passes in relevant Science subjects three of which must be in English Language, Mathematics, Physics.

Minimum duration

The minimum duration of the Cybersecurity degree programme is four academic sessions for UTME students, however, it is three academic sessions for candidates admitted to the 200 Level.