Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Master's in Cybersecurity Engineering

• General View and Understanding: Provide a general, holistic view and understanding of the cybersecurity field by covering a relatively large number of related subjects.
• Strong Technical Background: Provide solid background knowledge of the important directions and perspectives of the cybersecurity field.
• Hands-on Skills: Build skills related to different cybersecurity subjects by allocating an important time share to the hands-on homework assignments and projects.
• Research Experience: Provide the state-of-the-art of important research directions in the cybersecurity field and involve students in real research projects

Anyone interested in gaining a good technical background in the information and system security, like software developers, system engineers, CEO, CTO. Even if open to anyone, the SISC master program presumes good technical knowledge and programming skill in the computer science field. In this sense, it is mainly addressed to students with a diploma in computer science and informatics or related IT fields.

First Semester

• Secure Coding
• Information Security
• Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis
• Mobile Device Security
• Hardware Security Mechanisms on x86-64 Architecture

Second Semester

• Kernel Module Development and Security
• System Security Audit and Risk Management
• Web Security
• Big-Data in Security
• Security Solutions Based on Hardware Virtualization Support

Third Semester

• Security Incident Response and Digital Data Forensic
• Network Security
• Pentesting
• Applied Cryptography
• Mathematical Model of Machine Learning Models Applied in Security