The Programme comprises of four Subjects/Courses; they are all compulsory/mandatory courses of study:-

• IT Systems Security & Administration

• Security & Safety Risk Management

• Workplace Health & Safety

• Advanced Management & Administration Theory & Practice

 Summarised details of each course comprising the Honours Diploma:

IT Systems Security & Administration
1: Security Problems, Adapting to Change, Analysis
2: Threat Models, Attackers, Identifying Risk, Legacy
3: Technologies, Detection & Prevention Systems
4: Cryptography, VPNs, Key Distribution, Protocols
5: Passwords, Authentication, Biometrics
6: Public Key Infrastructures, Expiry, Revocation
7: Wireless Access, Connected Working, Devices
8: The Cloud, Distribution, Isolation, Virtual Machines
9: Building Secure Systems, Structural Defences
10: Selecting Software, Up-Dates, Holes, Patches
11: People, Training, Administration, Policy, Reports
12: The Future, E-Commerce, Threat, Defence, Privacy

Security & Safety Risk Management
1: Security Rules, Trust & Confidence
2: Risk: Threat, Vulnerability, Dynamics
3: Thinking Like an Attacker; know the enemy
4: Ways to Reduce Risk, Risk Tolerance
5: Reducing Threats, Vulnerabilities and Impact
6: Building Resilience, Dealing with Crises
7: Insider Risk, Personnel Security, Security Culture
8: Bias, Reaction to Danger, Mishandling Risk
9: Cyber Risks
10: Holistic Risk Management; Testing, Measuring
11: Layers of Protection, Design, Dynamism
12: Responsibility, Structure, Leadership in Security

Workplace Health & Safety
1: Managing H & S, Responsibility, Risk Assessment
2: Providing a Safe Workplace, Accident Prevention
3: Fire Safety Risk, Eliminating Hazards, Precautions
4: Working at Height, Ladders, Platforms, Roofing
5: Safe Use of Equipment, Training, Maintenance
6: Transport, Routes, Vehicles, Materials Handling
7: Safe Use of Electricity, Noise, Vibrations at Work
8: Hazardous, Flammable & Explosive Substances
9: Food Preparation & Control, Kitchens, Eating Places
10: Psychological Health, Stress, Counselling
11: H&S in Education, Danger Areas, School Security
12: Health Protection, First Aid, Equipment, Clothing

Advanced Management & Administration
1: Management Theory, Authority, Command
2: Organization, the Environment, Systems Theory
3: Spans of Control, Centralisation, Decentralisation
4: Motivational Theories, Psychology, Conflict
5: Leadership Theory, Group Behaviour, Culture
6: Strategic Management, Objectives, SWOT
7: PEST Analysis, Rivalry, Competition, Business
8: Managing Change, Change Factors, Resistance
9: Mission, Vision, Objectives, Values, MOST
10: Stakeholders, Supply Chains, CSR
11: Communication, Attitude, Barriers, Cognition
12: Ethics, Compliance, Codes of Conduct

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE FEE FOR THIS HONOURS GROUP DIPLOMA PROGRAMME

 Your CIC Fee includes:-

• Your enrolment/registration with Cambridge International College.
• Your own high-quality, professionally produced and illustrated comprehensive International CIC Core Study Publications for each of the four (4) Subjects/Courses.
• CIC’s detailed, professional ‘Study & Training Guide’ with full instructions on how to study to achieve success and gain top results.  The Guide includes detailed advice on how to answer Tests and Examinations.
• Training Tests, Questions and Exercises (which can be used as ‘Past Papers/Questions’), and Recommended Answers for most of them.
• An Examination** set for each of the 4 core courses; each Examination is sat under Invigilation/Supervision in your own area - full details, guidance and explanation of how your Examinations will be arranged and how Invigilation is conducted will be provided when you register.  Note, CIC arranges Examinations in over a hundred countries worldwide for thousands of Members every year; it is a flexible, straightforward process and will be arranged when YOU are ready to write your Examination. **There is an alternative Assignment Option - a maximum of 2 Subjects/Courses may be assessed through Assignment instead of Examination. 
• A prestigious Cambridge International College Diploma on successful completion of Study & Training and on passing the Examination for EACH of the 4 core Subjects/Courses, PLUS the International Honours Group Diploma when all 4 courses have been completed - this is a total of 5 awards - 4 individual Diplomas plus the Honours Diploma.
• Your personal page on CIC’s Member Services website with access to results, despatch details, advice and guidance, and more: www.cambridgeinternationalcollege.co.uk
• Regular information and news including: Newsletters with details of special offers and new Programs and much more; and Competition Forms; by email and post.
• Everything needed for your Study & Training success is included in the CIC Fee.

Additionally:

• Further Study and Training Advice, and Assistance is available before, during and after CIC Study & Training; Members may ask CIC’s team of experienced Consultants for advice on further study and Programmes to improve career prospects and advancement.
• CIC’s experienced and helpful staff can assist with numerous special requests, such as reference/recommendation letters and transcripts, and more, by post and email.

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Further studies are available in a wide range of management, leadership, IT and administration areas in particular, including at EBA and EMBA levels.

The detailed and valuable Programme opens up career opportunities for new jobs and promotion in many areas - including in IT and workplace administration, and in safety and security fileds - where excellent knowledge and understanding of risk assessment, leading and management is required.