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Presentation
The main aim of the Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity is advanced training of specialists in network, system and information security.
This master’s degree course has strategic partners including the Criminal Police (PJ), the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Porto Polytechnic Institute.
This advanced course allows students to:
– Learn advanced technical skills in areas such as prevention, detection and mitigation of cyberattacks.
– Learn management, testing, digital forensic analysis and compliance audit skills in networks, systems and information.
– Complement and provide specialised training in the Engineering study cycles, particularly Computer Engineering, Network and Computer Systems Engineering, Electronic Engineering and Computer Networks, or other training in similar areas.
Advanced and specialised training in a crucial area for national and international entities and businesses.
Course comisssion
Access
Access to the Master’s Degree Course in Cybersecurity is restricted to:
Goals
Aims
To train specialists in the area of cybersecurity and provide them with the following knowledge, skills and competences:
Graduate profile
Master’s degree graduates in cybersecurity will specialise in the following areas:
Professional outcomes
The career prospects of the master’s degree in cybersecurity include the following course specialisation areas.
Continuing Studies
Graduates can choose between their career prospects, continuing their studies in a PhD or doing advanced research in the cybersecurity area at IPVC.
Study Plan
Curricular Unit | Area | Type | Contact hours | ECTS | PUC Plano Estudos |
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Applied Cryptography | ET | S1 | TP:16.00 | PL:16.00 | 5.00 | Consult |
Networks and Systems Security | ET | S1 | TP:16.00 | PL:16.00 | 5.00 | Consult |
Information Security Management | EIM | S1 | TP:32.00 | 5.00 | Consult |
Software Security | EIM | S1 | TP:16.00 | PL:16.00 | 5.00 | Consult |
Cyber-Physical Systems Security | ET | S1 | TP:16.00 | PL:8.00 | 4.00 | Consult |
Defense Strategies in Systems Administration | ET | S1 | TP:16.00 | PL:24.00 | 6.00 | Consult |
Cybercrime and Digital Forensics Analysis | ET | S1 | TP:24.00 | PL:16.00 | 6.00 | Consult |
Ethical Hacking | ET | S2 | TP:20.00 | PL:28.00 | 6.00 | Consult |
Privacy and Data Protection | ET | S2 | TP:16.00 | 3.00 | Consult |
Social Enginneering | ET | S2 | TP:8.00 | PL:8.00 | 3.00 | Consult |
Digital Identity Management | ET | S2 | TP:8.00 | PL:8.00 | 3.00 | Consult |
CyberIntelligence and Data Analytics | ET | S2 | TP:16.00 | PL:16.00 | 5.00 | Consult |
Cybersecurity Audit and Compliance | ET | S2 | TP:24.00 | 4.00 | Consult |
Curricular Unit | Area | Type | Contact hours | ECTS | PUC Plano Estudos |
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Research Methodologies and Project Management | ET | S1 | TP:16.00 | PL:16.00 | 5.00 | Consult |
Dissertation/Project/Internship | ET | S2 | O:40.00 | 55.00 | Consult |
Employability
More information at infocursos.mec.pt
Partnerships and internships
IPVC has been focusing on advanced training of specialists in the area of cybersecurity since 2016 and has an active cooperation agreement with the Public Prosecutor’s Office. As in previous years, the Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity is developed in association with members of the Criminal Police, the Porto Polytechnic Institute and the Leiria Polytechnic Institute.
Other information
Course Awards
Best Application Paper Award – Rui Carreira, Pedro Pinto and António Pinto, Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity student and professors
Papers published:
– Longras, A., Oliveira, H., Paiva, S. (2020) Security Vulnerabilities on Implantable Medical Devices. 15th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, June, Sevilla, Spain.
– Teixeira, D., Assunção, L., Paiva, S. (2020) Security of Smart Home-Smartphones Systems. 15th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, June, Sevilla, Spain.
– Hugo Pereira, Rui Carreira, Pedro Pinto, Sérgio Lopes. (2020). Hacking the RFID-based Authentication System of a University Campus on a Budget. WDTE 2020 – 2nd Workshop on Digital Transformation in the Enterprise. 24 and 27 June 2020. Seville, Spain.
– Diogo Teixeira, Leonardo Assunção, Teresa Pereira, Silvestre Malta, Pedro Pinto. (2019). OSSEC IDS Extension to Improve Log Analysis and Override False Positive or Negative Detections. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, Vol. 8, Page 46. MDPI. 2019. doi.org/10.3390/jsan8030046. Link
Projects
STVGoDigital Mobilisation Project. The STVgoDIGITAL mobilisation project: Digitalisation of the value chain in the textile and clothing sector (STV) is a structuring project in the Textile Cluster: Technology and Fashion that is aimed at encompassing a number of R&D initiatives that are very collective in nature and have an inductive and demonstrative effect, with the central involvement of companies in the textile and clothing industries and other complementary sectors that boost the adoption of and transition to the new Industry 4.0 paradigm.
Vítor Pedreira – Cybersecurity student involved in the STVGoDigital mobilisation project (Ref. 046086, FEDER, COMPETE 2020). The STVgoDIGITAL mobilisation project: Digitalisation of the value chain in the textile and clothing sector (STV) is a structuring project in the Textile Cluster: Technology and Fashion that is aimed at encompassing a number of R&D initiatives that are very collective in nature and have an inductive and demonstrative effect, with the central involvement of companies in the textile and clothing industries and other complementary sectors that boost the adoption of and transition to the new Industry 4.0 paradigm.
Nuno Torres – Cybersecurity student involved in the project: RnHealthTECH – NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000043 – Technology,
Environment, Creativity & Health – RnHealthTECH – Technology in the assessment of the risk of professional exposure to radon gas in Alto Minho
Com Acreditação prévia em 2019, por 6 anos | Número máximo de admissões: 30
Registo inicial: R/A-Cr 44/2019 de 26-07-2019
Acreditação A3es: https://www.a3es.pt/pt/resultados-acreditacao/ciberseguranca