Information Systems and Cyber Security

Sukurta: 24 November 2020

	Scope of studies and length 210 ECTS credits, 3,5 years
	Qualification awarded Bachelor's degree in Computing
	Application period 1 January - 1 June/15 July*
	Language English
	Tuition fee per year* 4 450€
	Start of studies 1 September

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The study programme in Information Systems and Cyber Security aims to prepare professionals in information systems and cyber security who will have the fundamental and applied knowledge in informatics engineering and develop skills required for secure analysis, design, structuring and maintenance of information systems.

Programme structure

Course unit title	ECTS credits
Course unit title	ECTS credits
1 semester Compulsory courses Fundamentals of Information System Security Higher Mathematics Legal Regulations for Cyber Security Computer Architecture Introduction to Programming Analysis and Specification of IS Requirements	30.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
2 semester Compulsory courses Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science Information Systems and Databases Algorithm Theory and Data Structures Digital Forensics and Methods of their Analysis Operational Systems and their Security Programming Languages and Object Oriented Programming	30.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
3 semester Compulsory courses WWW Development Technologies Creation of Information Systems on the Basis of Team Work Mobile Applications Development Techniques Basics of Artificial Intelligence Elective courses Geographical Information Systems Computer Graphics General Education Modules	30.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
4 semester Compulsory courses E-Transactions and their Security Methods of Ethical Hackings Graphical Business Process Modelling Information Security and Risk Management Computer Networks and their Security Elective courses R Programming Python Programming	30.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
5 semester Compulsory courses Data Security and Cryptography IT Processes According to ITIL Methodology Design of Secure Computer Infrastructures Systems Theory Virtual Systems and Their Security General Education Modules	30.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
6 semester Compulsory courses Data Mining Technologies Information Systems Testing and Quality Assurance Course Work Forensic Analysis of Digital Content and Analysis of Malware Statistics General Education Modules	30.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
7 semester Compulsory courses Bachelor Final Thesis (Study field: Informatics Engineering) Training Practice	30.0 15.0 15.0

Course unit title

ECTS

credits

Course unit title

ECTS

credits

1 semester

Compulsory courses

Fundamentals of Information System Security

Higher Mathematics

Legal Regulations for Cyber Security

Computer Architecture

Introduction to Programming

Analysis and Specification of
IS Requirements

30.0

5.0

2 semester

Compulsory courses

Discrete Mathematics in
Computer Science

Information Systems and Databases

Algorithm Theory and Data Structures

Digital Forensics and Methods of
their Analysis

Operational Systems and their Security

Programming Languages and
Object Oriented Programming

30.0

5.0

3 semester

Compulsory courses

WWW Development Technologies

Creation of Information Systems
on the Basis of Team Work

Mobile Applications Development
Techniques

Basics of Artificial Intelligence

Elective courses

Geographical Information Systems

Computer Graphics

General Education Modules

30.0

5.0

4 semester

Compulsory courses

E-Transactions and their Security

Methods of Ethical Hackings

Graphical Business Process Modelling

Information Security and Risk Management

Computer Networks and their Security

Elective courses

R Programming

Python Programming

30.0

5.0

5 semester

Compulsory courses

Data Security and Cryptography

IT Processes According to
ITIL Methodology

Design of Secure Computer
Infrastructures

Systems Theory

Virtual Systems and Their Security

General Education Modules

30.0

5.0

6 semester

Compulsory courses

Data Mining Technologies

Information Systems Testing and
Quality Assurance

Course Work

Forensic Analysis of Digital Content
and Analysis of Malware

Statistics

General Education Modules

30.0

5.0

7 semester

Compulsory courses

Bachelor Final Thesis
(Study field: Informatics Engineering)

Training Practice

30.0

15.0

The programme structure demonstrates a specific applied direction: it develops competences in cyber concepts of information systems engineering to understand the possible spheres of their application.

Key Learning Outcomes

The graduate is able to analyse and formalize the information flows in a business enterprise; technologically justify the directions of the implementation of IT; work out an adequate instrumentarium; is able to design, implement, structure, maintain and professionally assess the secure IS; understands computer architecture; is able to employ programming languages, technologies of providing information on the Internet; to design the IS architecture and data bases, create IS both with the use of traditional and modern mobile technologies; knows security components, basic structure, assessment criteria and administration basics, effective firewall concepts, architecture, content scanning; is able to detect the cases of hacking and carry out prevention; is able to identify the gaps of incorrect programming, access to the files of cyberattacks DoS and DDoS, knows the Burp Suite; understands the security of WEB components – forms, session management, cookies, configuration of authentification. Knows the security context of a particular OS, recognises the cases of phishing and understands the subtleties of session management and replay attacks; is able to perform manual and half-automatic systems and software testing by identifying security gaps and security vulnerabilities; to employ the innovative methods and instrumentarium for the proactive gap identification. Knows the legal regulations of cyber security, the specificity of information security management and management of security risk.

Programme Specific Requirements

Matura (high school leaving) certificate;
Applicants from abroad who have not taken the national exams in their home countries take an entrance exam;
Assessment of motivation;
English language proficiency — the level not lower than B2 (following the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

In addition, all applicants have to fulfil general admission requirements.

Why this programme?

This programme is the first and only cybersecurity study programme in Lithuania.
There is a considerable demand for cyber security specialists with higher education in the European Union and international labour markets.
In the future, the demand will undoubtedly grow due to 1) tightening of the legal environment of a growing data and information security in the European Union and other countries; 2) a growing number of forensics and expansion of their scale; 3) the growing demand of the international enterprises and states to be better protected against economic espionage; 4) the threat of e-war between the states.

What's after?

Graduates of this study programme will be able to work as experts, consultants and information systems security professionals in government organizations and business enterprises of various size; information systems analysts or architects, programmers, testers, database administrators, project managers in the field of Information Systems; information security analysts; security management professionals or managers and IT security auditors in organizations.
Graduates will be able to develop their own business initiatives, provide consulting services or carry out a qualitative analysis of information systems’ design and management

Kaunas Faculty

Scholarships

Arqus European University Alliance

* Application deadline:

1 June | for applicants from non-EU/EFTA countries
15 July | for applicants who do not need a Lithuanian visa and non-EU/EFTA applicants, if there is a Lithuanian embassy in their home country