Information Security
MSc and Postgraduate Diploma
Academic leadership: Royal Holloway
"This pioneering Group provides a unique
national resource for the training of information security specialists and the development of highly
secure communications and computer systems. It offers world-leading independent expertise in a
field of national importance where trust and integrity are paramount."
Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education
Founded in 1885, Royal Holloway is one of the six largest Colleges of the University of London and is home to the Information Security Group (ISG), one of the largest academic security groups in the world.
The ISG brings together expertise in education, research and practice in the field of Information Security. It offers world-leading Masters and Postgraduate Diploma programmes (campus-based and online). The ISG also includes the Smart Card Centre of Excellence which it founded with Vodafone and Giesecke & Devrient. In recognition of its work, the ISG received a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. The Prize Citation was as follows:
Academic Staff
An introduction from Professor Fred Piper
Director of External Relations, Information Security Group
www.isg.rhul.ac.uk [external
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Launched in 1992, Royal Holloway’s MSc in Information Security was the first of its kind in the world. Since then, the number of degree programmes has grown rapidly, concentrating either on academic research or specific topics such as forensics. From the start, the Royal Holloway programme has covered the entire breadth of the subject: from the management of security, to computer crime, to cryptographic mechanisms and how they are used in the protection of computers and their networks. |
Given our strength in depth across the programme and the active contribution of security professionals to its continuing review and development, we are uniquely well placed to maintain the programme’s relevance within a fast-moving industry.
The content of the distance learning MSc, launched in 2003, is identical to that for campus-based students at Royal Holloway. Delivered online, you are fully supported by a Virtual Learning Environment throughwhich you can interact with tutors and fellow students worldwide. We look forward to welcoming you to our online security community.
We look forward to welcoming you to the programme.
Professor Fred Piper
In acknowledgement of his major contributions to Information Security, Professor Fred Piper was elected to the InfoSecurity Europe ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2008. He has also been recognised as a Fellow of (ISC)2, the elite network of certified information security professionals.