Admission requirements:
1. Fulfilling the admission requirements according to the Higher Education Regulations, which are as follows:
2. Obtaining a bachelor’s degree, first or second honors, in Computer Science or any other equivalent discipline from the College of Computer Science, University of Science and Technology, or any other similar university,
3. or obtaining a Higher Diploma in Computer Science with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 as a minimum College of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Science and Technology or any other similar university.
The program is held in the City of Knowledge in the Engineering Complex, and the study system is based on courses and supplementary research, in the blended system. The total number of credit hours to complete the program is 36 hours. This program aims to graduate qualified students in information security in both the academic and professional fields, familiar with modern technologies in information security and its applications in the fields of knowledge and life, as well as contribute to the enrichment of scientific research.The program qualifies the graduate to work in: computer training centers, software development houses, educational program development houses, companies, banks, computerized private sector institutions, websites design and management companies, e-commerce fields, and others..
Study plan:
| percentage | Credit hour | Number of courses | Program structure | |
| %33 | 12 | 4 | core | courses |
| %50 | 18 | 6 | elective | |
| %17 | 6 | – | Graduation course | |
Program courses:
| Credit hours | Prerequisites for the course | Core
Or elective |
Course name
|
Course code
|
Semester |
| 3 | Database basics | core | database security | ISecC01 |
First semester
|
| 3 | Information security basics | Core | Advanced topics in information security | ISecC02 | |
| 3 | – | core | digital analysis | ISecE01 | |
| 3 | – | Core | Attack and moral hack | ISecE02 | |
| 3 | – | core | cloud computing security | ISecE03 | |
| 3 | computer network basics | Core | network security | ISecC03 |
Second semester
|
| 3 | Encryption basics. | Core | Cryptography | ISecC04 | |
| 3 | operating system basics | core | Operating Systems Security | ISecE04 | |
| 3 | Core | ISecE06 | |||
| 3 | web application basics | core | Web application security | ISecE07 |
The number of graduates:
| Program name | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Master of Information Security | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 |