Master in cybersecurity

Our students are active in a wide variety of domains, ranging from telecommunications, software industry, public administrations, military, law enforcement, banks, to national or international institutions.

The main positions for cybersecurity experts typically are:

• Chief Security Officer (CSO)

• Law enforcement

• Computer emergency response team member • Security architect

• Network architect

• Security analyst, consultant and auditor

• Forensics expert

• Researchers

This Master program in Cybersecurity aims at educating students that, afterwards, will act as professionals in information security, management of security, and security engineering in the many domains of the IT industry.

We want to educate ethical men and women which are fully autonomous, self-learning, dedicated to their role in the society, self-evolving all along their careers, and present a high level of qualification in IT security.

The Master course are offered by four academic partners (Universite? Libre de Bruxelles, Universite? Catholique de Louvain, Universite? de Namur and the Royal Military School) and two high schools (Haute Ecole de Bruxelles and Haute Ecole Libre de Bruxelles) which jointly deliver a single diploma and courses are taught in a rich, multi- disciplinary and multi-cultural environment.

The course is organized around five specific and complementary key disciplines: (1) Cryptography , (2) Systems and Networks , (3) Legal, ethics, and human aspects, (3) Security management, and (5) Secure software engineering

The first year of the program is dedicated to a common set of courses. Several seminars and optional courses are offered allowing to have an up-to-date and living program. For instance, 10 credits can be chosen as elective selected from courses already taught in the participating academic institutions.

In the second year, half of the credits are dedicated to courses from one of the two offered finalities: "system design and analysis" which is dedicated to the design and thorough analysis of secure systems, and a more applied track referred to as "corporate strategies". Both finalities are build around the personal involvement and self- learning of the students through several projects. Also, a significant part of the competences is acquired during the mandatory long-term internship in the industry (typically 12 weeks).

Students participate to projects and challenges that further complement their expertise and practical know-how required by the IT industry. They apply the concepts presented during the lectures and to learn new material by solving proposed challenges.

At the end of the cursus, students prepare a Master thesis under the supervision of a Professor who does his/her research in the field.