MBA Information Security Management

Lampeter Campus

About the course

This MBA is aimed at students who may aspire to a career or role in information security management. The programme provides the academic and practical skills necessary to develop and reflect on high level information security management issues which will be applicable across a wide range of situations, sectors and organizations. It will also equip students with the skills and knowledge to conduct advanced research into a variety of information security management issues whilst focusing on the interrelationship of information security management and organisational performance.

All MBA programmes start in in September each year, there are no other intakes planned at present, and the courses are taught on the Lampeter campus (no distance learning).

Pathway modules

  • Management Info Systems
  • Info Security for Managers
  • Ethical Issues in ICT
  • Computer Forensics

Programme Specification

Educational Aims

The main educational aims of the programme are:

  • to enhance lifelong learning skills and personal development to enable students to work with self direction, originality and to contribute to business and society at large;
  • to enable students to undertake advanced study of organisations, their management and the changing external context in which they operate;
  • to develop students’ ability to apply knowledge and understanding of business and management to complex issues, both systematically and creatively, to improve business and management practices;
  • to enhance students’ transferable skills of research, interpretation, critical evaluation and their ability to turn theory into practice;
  • to develop students’ intellectual skills, including critical reasoning, analysis, creativity and reflection;
  • to prepare students for a career or career development in business and management by developing professional skills;
  • to prepare students for research or further study in the field of business and management;
  • to develop master's level knowledge and skills in business and management subjects to enhance students’ employability and the utility of their first discipline;
  • to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of an organisation’s information assets and how to manage risk through risk management;
  • to develop a critical understanding of the protection mechanisms and policies that can be used to protect a company’s information assets from security risks;
  • to focus on specialised expertise required and broaden the students understanding of the implications of ICT Forensics whilst attaining a systematic  understanding of the legal foundation for evidence handling procedures;
  • to develop a critical appreciation of effective approaches to the management issues surrounding Computer forensics;
  • to focus on the ethical issues which need to be considered with the current constant advancement of new technology.

Programme Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

  • Relevant knowledge and understanding of organisations, their diversity and the external context in which they operate and how they are managed.
  • The processes, procedures and practices for effective leadership and management of organisations.
  • Managing and responding to change and consideration of the future of organisations and the external contexts in which they operate.
  • Interconnections and interrelationships between management functions, decision making and the external context.
  • The functions, cultures, purposes, structures and behaviour of organisations.
  • The external environment and its effects at local, national and international levels upon the strategy, behaviour, management and sustainability of organisations.
  • The management of contemporary issues relevant to both internal and external contexts.
  • The critical application of models, frameworks, theories and techniques to the advancement of management practices.
  • Demonstrate a critical awareness of how the dominant information security management models are used to secure an organisations information assets.
  • Analyse and evaluate ethical theories in relation to the topics covered in the module.
  • Discriminate the appropriate techniques and procedures to deploy for computer forensic examination.
  • Understand and advise on Managing information resources through Information systems and organisational strategies.

Cognitive Skills

  • Being able to think critically and be creative: manage the creative processes in self and others; organise thoughts, analyse, synthesise and critically appraise. This includes the capability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, detect false logic or reasoning, identify implicit values, define terms adequately and generalise appropriately.
  • Being able to solve complex problems and make decisions: establish criteria, using appropriate decision-making techniques including identifying, formulating and solving business problems; and the ability to create, identify and evaluate options; the ability to implement and review decisions.
  • The ability to conduct research into business and management issues either individually or as part of a team through research design, data collection, analysis, synthesis and reporting.
  • Using information and knowledge effectively: scanning and organising data, synthesising and analysing in order to abstract meaning from information and to share knowledge, gained from critical analysis of research.

Practical Skills

  • Effective performance within team environments and the ability to recognise and utilise individuals' contributions in group processes and to negotiate and persuade or influence others; team selection, delegation, development and management.
  • Leadership and performance management: selecting appropriate leadership style for different situations; setting targets, motivating, monitoring performance, coaching and mentoring.
  • Ability to recognise and address ethical dilemmas and corporate social responsibility issues, applying ethical and organisational values to situations and choices.

Transferable Skills

  • Numeracy and quantitative skills including the development and use of relevant business models.
  • Effective use of Communication and Information Technology.
  • Effective two-way communication: listening, effective oral and written communication of complex ideas and arguments, using a range of media, including the preparation of business reports.
  • High personal effectiveness: critical self-awareness, self-reflection and self management; time management; sensitivity to diversity in people and different situations and the ability to continue to learn through reflection on practice and experience.