THESHade Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Hello, I would like to pick 5 universities to which I will apply(in UK). However, I need to compare some of the courses and their modules to pick the best I am doing a spread sheet ATM with some stuff but I need a bit of help + ur opinion on different modules or course in General Scotland Abertay, Ethical hacking -This oen looks the best and is my priority Abertay, Digital Forensics -Back-up for the same Uni (I rly wanna get to that Uni) Theese 2 are choices that I wont change on 98.6 percent Caledonian Glasgow -Security,Forensics and hacking -doesnt look bad,most likely no.3 choice Napier,Edinburg - looks horrible England Coventry -Look at What will I study , click find out more for modules Northumbria Sheffield Humbra I am mainly comparing these other Unies to Abertay However, I would liek to ask you what do u guys think are modules that are really necessary or which modules are 90percent worthless For example, how relevant is math? or Object Oriented programming? Or anything else that looks like a waste of time. Obv. to become a good "hacker" or jsut a pen tester I would have to study on my own anyway but it wont stop me from going ot Uni and experience the student life (I took a gap year) and it would be ncie to actually learn something while doing that. And oppinion on Digital Forensics vs Ethical hacking? I will look more into different modules at different Unies tomorow and try to make ain depth analysis and I will also update and post in this thread about my concerns, etc. Anyway, feel free to say ur oppinion Thnx guys SHade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Personally I would take the 3 course3 for knowledge base purposes. But from a career point of view, a combination of Security and Ethical Hacking would be beneficial, if you want to get a job in the field of pen-testing or security. Forensics on the other hand, will serve you better, if you are interested in working for a LAW government agency like FBI or some kind of agency dealing with Anti-Cyber-criminology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyb1980 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Make sure the teachers have an actual background in security. I've met tons of teachers claiming to teach security but their backgrounds are in systems or database administration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THESHade Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 @ Bobby: And how should I do that? I tried to google few from Abertay but I am no google guru (yet) so I didnt find out that much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyb1980 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Inquire about the background of the teacher in question. Ask them if they've had any RECENT experience in the security field. Someone who was a network admin 10 years ago may not be the best person to learn the latest offensive tactics from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THESHade Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 Yea, makes sense time to write a scripted email °) Hereis my spread sheet with some comparisons I need to pick one more Uni (or dismiss Digital Forensics from Abertay) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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