A post graduate master’s degree is available to students of the Abertay University, in Dundee, Scotland. The Master’s is being offered as a gateway into the security sector, with coursework enabling students to test security vulnerabilities, whilst at the same time learning about common techniques people use to gain unlawful access to computer systems.

I can see the real benefit in using this tactic to educate people - after all, all the big companies have been hiring people who hack their systems for years, to better understand how to improve things behind the scenes. However, the whole language behind the course (it’s even called an “MSc Ethical Hacking and Computer Security” course) makes me cringe a little bit. But then a course called “Ethical Computer Security” isn’t going to get as much press!