B.Sc Cybersecurity

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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, computer
based 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 of the programme 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.

Employable Skills
21st Century Skills
Unique Features
Admission Requirements
Graduation Requirements

Cybersecurity skills are hard skills that are required in all jobs. The employability skills are grouped into soft and hard skills along with technical and implementation skills. Graduates of Cybersecurity will have:

  1. soft skills of excellent presentation and communications skills, ability to clearly articulate complex cyber-concepts, and usage of active listening skills.

  2. technical skills of understanding the architecture, administration, and management of operating systems, networking, and virtualisation software; usability of firewalls and network load balancers; software development concepts and software analytics skills; common programming languages; and obtaining cybersecurity certifications essential and prerequisite for employment.

  3. implementation skills of cyber hunting, cyber intelligence and cyber threat modelling; vulnerability assessment; identify the cybersecurity controls in place and how they are used; and use of the coding skills to write codes that automate cybersecurity tasks.

Cybersecurity students will be required to have the following 21st century skills:

  1. Problem-solving skills;

  2. Critical thinking;

  3. Communication skills;

  4. Creativity;

  5. Collaboration;

  6. Information literacy;

  7. Global awareness;

  8. Innovation skills; and

  9. Social skills.

The uniqueness of the cybersecurity programme is the introduction of big data analytics, cyber threat intelligence and cyber conflict, deep and dark web security, cyber threat hunting, 56monitors and controllers, artificial intelligence cyber defence application and surveillance in cyber defence operations.

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.

To be eligible for the award of the Bachelor degree in Cybersecurity, a student must have:

  1. Passed all the core courses, university and faculty/school required courses and electives.

  2. Accumulated a minimum of 120 course units for students admitted through UTME and 90 course units for students admitted to 200 level.

  3. Attain a minimum CGPA of 1.00. To graduate, a student must be found worthy in character throughout the period of his/her studentship and must accumulate the total units prescribed for the programme from Core, Faculty and General Studies courses as well as SIWES, Seminar and Final Year Project.

Course Structure

100 Level
200 Level
300 Level
400 Level
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
GST 111 Communication in
English		 2 C 15 45
GST 112 Nigerian
Peoples and Culture		 2 C 30 0
MTH 101 Elementary
Mathematics I		 2 C 30 0
MTH 102 Elementary
Mathematics II		 2 C 30 0
PHY 101 General
Physics I		 2 C 30 0
PHY 102 General
Physics II		 2 C 30 0
PHY 107 General
Practical Physics I		 1 C 0 45
PHY 108 General
Practical Physics II		 1 C 0 45
STA 111 Descriptive
Statistics		 3 C 45 0
COS 101 Introduction
to Computing Sciences		 3 C 30 45
COS 102 Problem
Solving		 3 C 30 45
TOTAL 23
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
GST 212 Philosophy, Logic and Human Existence 2 C 30 0
ENT 211 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2 C 15 45
COS 201 Computer Programming I 3 C 30 45
COS 202 Computer Programming II 3 C 30 45
CYB 201 Introduction    to    Cybersecurity    and Strategy 2 C 30 0
CYB 203 Cybercrime, Law and Countermeasures 2 C 30 0
CYB 299 SIWES I 3 C 0 135
INS 204 Systems Analysis and Design 3 C 30 45
SEN 201 Introduction to Software Engineering 2 C 30 0
  TOTAL 22      

NOTE: ***SIWES I and II will take place during long vacations of 200 Level and 300 Level.

Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
GST 312 Peace and Conflict Resolution 2 C 30 0
ENT 312 Venture Creation 2 C 15 45
CYB 301 Cryptography Techniques, Algorithms and Applications 2 C 15 45
CYB 302 Biometrics Security 2 C 15 45
CYB 303 Cybersecurity Risks Analysis, Challenges and Mitigation 2 C 30 0
CYB 304 Information and Big Data Security 2 C 15 45
CYB 305 Digital    Forensics   and            Investigation Methods 2 C 15 45
CYB 322 Cybersecurity   Innovation   and                     New Technologies 2 C 15 45
CYB 399 SIWES II 3 C 0 135
CSC 309 Artificial Intelligence 2 C 15 45
TOTAL 21
Course Code Course Title Units Status LH PH
COS 409 Research   Methodology  and   Technical Report Writing 3 C 45 0
CYB 401 Systems Vulnerability Assessment and Testing 2 C 15 45
CYB 402 Steganography-Access Methods and Data Hiding 2 C 15 45
CYB 403 Cyber Threat Intelligence and Cyber Conflict 2 C 30 0
CYB 404 Cloud Computing Security 2 C 30 0
CYB 405 Ethical Hacking and Reverse Engineering 2 C 15 45
CYB 406 Deep and Dark Web Security 2 C 15 45
CYB 497 Final Year Project I 3 C 0 135
CYB 498 Final Year Project II 3 C 0 135
TOTAL 21