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Students will undertake a minimum of 180 hours on an applied development project or be placed for a minimum of 180 hours within an appropriate organisation, where they will have the opportunity to apply their computing skills in order to reinforce the organisation’s existing practices. For students working with a supervisor within the University, they will develop a professional portfolio piece – such as a web app, mobile app or database. Within a company, emphasis will be placed upon the innovative development of appropriate professional portfolio piece that support the organisation’s outputs. Students working with a company will also have a supervisor from the academic team.

Part of the module is face to face, where students will reflect on the Information Assurance aspects of the module through evaluation and reflection. Students will be put into teams at the start of the module and these teams then work together on the many tasks that take place throughout the module. These groups will be allocated responsibility for researching topics, designing seminars and presenting those topics in assessed seminars. Topic include:
The ethical context of computer forensics and its practice
* Theory of professionals in organisations
* Security management, including:
* Systems and data security planning
* Risk analysis and contingency analysis
* Security management models, policies and practice
* Security audits and practices
* Personnel and security
* Team leadership, management and practices
* The legal framework
* Ethical issues in professional practice and their resolution
* Legal, moral and professional responsibilities of the Computer Cyber Security practitioner

The QAA benchmark statement for computing incorporates a wide range of activities including hardware, software, communication and, in more general terms, the application of those skills in practice. The specific range of computing-related cognitive abilities gained from this module will depend on the specifics of the project done by each student but in all cases will support “computing-related practical activities” as specified in the benchmark. In addition the student will enrich a range of “additional transferrable skills” as required by their projects.

On completion of this module, students will be able to:
LO1: Assess the development requirements of an organisation or derive requirements with a supervisor
LO2: Apply knowledge of current computing practice in a professional manner
LO3: Contribute effectively to an established professional computing domain
LO4: Execute the development requirements to a professional standard
LO5: Provide a rationale for the work conducted, reflecting on the project and its technological context
LO6: Consideration of professional issues and resolving them using skills in analysis, synthesis and decision-making.