Master in International Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence

Cybersecurity and cyberintelligence are recognized for their multidisciplinary nature, scope and demand in training. The skills, knowledge and disposition for the tasks involved are complex, requiring continuous updating and research. Cyberspace is global, as is the effort to keep supporting Information Systems secure, which justifies the international approach advocated in this program.

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In this programme, students will learn the main foundations on cybersecurity in a broad set of disciplines, ranging from technical skills in the fields of ethical hacking, secure software development, forensics, crypto, network security, artificial intelligence applied to cyberintelligence, etc., to management skills (cybersecurity management, regulations), and understanding of the cyberintelligence area (international relations, cyberwarfare concepts, international cooperation in cyberspace). 

The competences acquired during this programme would allow to join the labour market of cybersecurity and cyberintelligence in many different roles, such as penetration tester, digital forensics investigator, cyber threat intelligence specialist, compliance officer, cyber incident responder, chief information security officer (CISO), and cybersecurity auditor, educator, implementer, researcher, risk manager, etc. 

The students will be organised in a cohort that will jointly move around the four universities in the consortium. This way, they will stay:

• at the University of Padua for the first semester;
• at Vilnius University for the second semester;
• at the University of Granada for the third semester;
• the fourth semester will be dedicated to the Master’s Thesis (with remote or local tutoring, as preferred by students), ending with the graduation week to be held face-to-face at the University of Minho.

Cyberactioning, the EU-funded project behind the master's, is also working on a MOOC in cybersecurity. Aiming at training a minimum of 800 students from non-ICT sectors in each edition, it is currently in development of the contents and it will be ready after summer 2024.