Programme Features

• Funding support: HKCT successfully sought around HK$20 million subsidy from ESGS (Enhancement and Start-up Grant Scheme for Self-financing Post-secondary Education) to develop this Programme and equip it with professional hardware and system platforms in order to provide students with the latest and vocational teaching & learning facilities.
• State-of-the-art Cyber Labs: The newly established “Security Operations Centre” and “Cyber Range & Practice Centre” allow a wide range of teaching and learning activities such as scene simulation, competition, research, testing, drill and exercise. Students in these Centres can interact with virtual and cyber world status in real-time for experiments and training, such as network attack and defense, network invasion and maintenance, and even the embedment and detection of Trojan worm. The professional facilities have supported the Hong Kong and Macau cybersecurity competitions twice.
• Cyber Range Interconnection: HKCT cyber range serves as a Hong Kong regional centre of the Peng Cheng Laboratory national-level cyber range. It has achieved platform interconnection with the Yellow Crane Cyber Range of Huazhong University of Science and Technology located in the national network security base, the Industrial Control Cyber Security Range of Guilin University of Electronic Technology, and the Jiaxing Cyber Range of Zhejiang University. It facilitates the initiation of online simulation tests and competitions.
• Strong Industry Ties: The programme is supported by renowned local and mainland technology companies including but not limited to China Unicom Global, Topsec Technologies Group, Alibaba Cloud, Sangfor Technologies which will provide exchange and training opportunities, internship and career development to our students in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.
• Renowned Academic Partners: Co-constructed the "Zhejiang-Hong Kong Cross-Border Data Security Research Center" with "The School of Cyber Science and Technology (SCST) at Zhejiang University" to join hands to develop professional skills, product manufacturing, research, and technology exchange, etc. Moreover, we cooperate with top-notch cybersecurity institutes in mainland China including Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Xidian University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University to cultivate cybersecurity talents.
• Support by HKSAR Bureau: Commendation on facilities received from Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau (ITIB), Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau (CSTCB) and Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) etc.
• Route to Professionalism: This Programme prepares students who wish to pursue related certificates such as CISSP, CISA and CISP in this profession.

Featured Modules

• Wireless and Mobile Security
• Penetration Testing
• Network Traffic Analysis
• Cybersecurity Practice
• Digital Forensics
• Introduction to IT Audit
• Cybersecurity Project

Full Programme Modules

Professional Teaching Facilities

Security Operations Centre

Cyber Range and Practice Centre

• Graduates can apply for admission to overseas universities and local degree programmes.
  Graduates may apply for the following top-up bachelor's degree programmes:
  
  

  The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 
  - BEng in Computer Engineering
  - BEng in Computer Science   

  City University of Hong Kong
  - BEng in Computer and Data Engineering
  - BEng (Hons) in Information Engineering
  - BSc in Computer Science

  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  - BSc (Hons) in Information Security

  Hong Kong Baptist University
  - BSc (Hons) in Computer Science

  The Education University of Hong Kong
  - BEd (Hons) (Secondary) - Information & Communication Technology

  Hong Kong Metropolitan University
  - BSc (Hons) in Cyber and Computer Security

• Graduates can also seek employment in the following roles^# such as Cyber/ Information Security Officer, Junior Cyber/ R&D Engineer, Network Administrator/ Engineer, IT Officer etc.
  
  Current Cybersecurity Job Positions and Career Pathway in Hong Kong:
  - Chief Information Security Officer/ Chief Security Officer/ Head of Cyber Security）
  - Information Security Executive/ Cyber Security Executive
  - Information Security Director/ Cyber Security Lead
  - Information Security Manager/ Cyber Security Manager, SOC Manager, Cyber Security Product Manager, Security Operations Center Manager
  - Information Security Analyst/ Cyber Security Engineer/ Pentester/ AWS Cloud Architect/ Security Consultant）
  - Entry Level Cyber Security Engineer

^#Eligible to local students only

The programme is supported by numerous renowned mainland and local technology companies which can provide exchange and training opportunities, internship and career development in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area to students:

• China Unicom Global (Top 3 Telecommunications Provider of China in Hong Kong)
• Topsec Technologies Group (Leading Cybersecurity Enterprise in China)
• Alibaba Cloud (Top Cloud Service Provider in Asia-Pacific)

The programme also provides with Internship positions and working opportunities including:

• Assistant R&D Engineer(China Unicom Global)
• Junior Cyber Engineer(Topsec Technologies Group)

Programme Advisor

Dr LUO Xiapu, Daniel
Associate Professor, Department of Computing, Faculty of Engineering, PolyU

Teaching Team

Prof. LAM Sum, Sam 
Former Division Head, Department of Engineering & Technology, HKU Space 
PhD Computing, over 20 years of teaching experience in tertiary institutions

Dr TANG Yajuan, Kathy 
Former Associate Professor, Shantou University 
PhD in Radio Physics, over 15 years of teaching experience at university 

Mr HO Chun Wah, Garrick 
Former Development Manager at ION Fidessa 
over 20 years of industrial experience in cybersecurity and financial technology

Prof. YI Chen, Alex
Senior Engineer