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MSc Information Security and Biometrics
Secure information systems are critically important to modern day businesses and societies. Whether they be banking systems, medical systems, power infrastructures, or a simple home PC, ensuring their security is vitally important since they are usually all interconnected directly or indirectly via the Internet or telephony system.
This Masters programme offers an advanced level of learning by providing students with a thorough understanding of the theories, concepts and techniques for the design, development and effective use of secure information systems, and producing graduates who are capable of adapting to changes in the field and leading it in innovation.
The course is designed for practitioners, professionals and graduates with an interest in information security, access control technologies, and application domains using biometric identification and verification systems.
Studentships and Placements
Studentships are available for suitable students
Industrial Placements are also available for suitable students
The course has been generously supported by the following organisations:
Programme Modules
Stage 1
- Advanced Pattern Recognition Techniques
- Biometric Technologies
- Computer Security
- Fundamentals of Image Analysis
- Research Methods and Project Design
- Advanced Java for Programming (Optional)
- Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation Systems (Optional)
- Industrial Context of Biometrics (Optional)
- Object-Oriented Programming (Optional)
- System Security (Optional)
- Trust, Security and Privacy Management (Optional)
- Trust, Security and Privacy Management (Optional)
Stage 2
Industrial and Research Relevance
Staff at the University of Kent have been among the pioneers of biometrics and public key infrastructure (PKI) research in the UK, and have an established reputation for developing and testing these systems.
The School of Engineering and Digital Arts has a strong and widely established reputation for its work in various aspects of biometrics, including individual biometric modalities, the study techniques for optimal integration of biometrics, the management of the complexity arising from the design of flexible biometric systems, and in the testing and evaluation of biometrics, image analysis and standards development.
Staff in the Computing Laboratory have been at the forefront of distributed systems and PKI research, participating in the development of the X.509 international standard and being the first group in the world to build an X.509 privilege management infrastructure (PMI). They were also one of the first groups to pilot PKI systems with the NHS. We therefore maintain a balance between the development of essentially generic techniques and application led work in important areas of biometric and PKI/PMI technologies.
Entry Requirements
Offer Levels
Graduates will normally have obtained at least a 2:2 UK degree (or equivalent) in a subject with a strong IT component. To discuss other possible entry qualifications, please contact our Admissions Officer. Applicants will be assessed on an individual basis, with professional experience taken into consideration.
How to Apply / Further Information
If you have any specific questions about the course, please contact Dr Farzin Deravi.
To apply, go to the online application page. For general information, please contact our postgraduate admissions officer.
E-mail: eda-admissions-pg@kent.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1227 823724
Fax: +44 (0)1227 456084