Cybersecurity
Qualification given: Bachelor / Cybersecurity Specialist
Faculty: Faculty of Computer Science and Electronics
Department: Department of Mathematics and Computer Security
Study period: full-time – 4 years
Today, any company, enterprise or organization, can become a victim of a cyberattack. And the greater the value and importance of a company, the higher the risks. It means that companies' leadership are ready to spend more money on cyber security specialists.
Cybersecurity is the profession of the future.
The demand for such specialists is especially evident now, due to the growing number of cybercrimes and cases of cyberterrorism.
Drivers of the profession:
- informatization of most spheres of human activity
- the rise of cybercrimes
- the appearance of new dangers in the information space
- precedents of cybercriminals' interference in the interests of the national security of the Republic of Belarus
- development of blockchain technology
- formation of the cryptocurrency market
Cybersecurity specialists ensure the security of IT systems:
- find vulnerabilities in programs, on websites, in mobile applications
- conduct cybersecurity monitoring
- identify threats to systems
- analyze and investigate incidents
- detect hacker attacks or malware
- protect data and prevent threats of cyber attacks
They create and maintain IDS/IPS (intrusion detection systems/intrusion prevention systems) and are focused on understanding the processes of Defense in Depth from software, specifically designed to cause damage, to a computer, a user or an entire computer network, leading to a decrease in computer or system performance.
Skills and competencies
- development of documentation regulating cybersecurity processes based on knowledge of the legislation of the Republic of Belarus in the field of information security
- high level of programming skills
- attentiveness and accuracy when working with code, the ability to find hidden and non-obvious sources of infection and form recommendations on their neutralization
- combination of programming skills with knowledge of the physical properties of technical devices
- knowledge of system and network administration skills, security and access policies
- analytical skills, the ability to calculate the consequences of certain changes
- quick assessment of threats and their sources
- work with large amounts of data
- understanding of the principles of conducting cyber attacks, knowledge of possible ways to protect against them
Graduate destinations
Cybersecurity specialists work in large financial and IT companies, the value of such personnel is noted in government agencies, defense departments, where their main task is to ensure national security, prevent the introduction of malicious software into public infrastructure.
Potential employers:
- National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
- Joint stock company ASB Belarusbank
- Joint stock company Belagroprombank
- Joint stock company Belinvestbank
- Joint stock company Bank BelVEB
- Unitary enterprise AxxonSoft
- Department of Internal Affairs of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee
- Closed joint stock company BelHard Group
- Sole proprietor S-Terra Bel
- Closed joint stock company Avest
- Closed joint stock company NTC Contact
- Limited liability company Enigma
- Limited liability company BYTIS
- Private trade and production Unitary Enterprise Avest-Systems
- Scientific and production Republican Unitary Enterprise ‘Scientific Research Institute of Technical Protection of Information’
- Closed joint stock company BELTIM SB
- Limited liability company Solidex
- Closed joint stock company Scientific production association BELSOFT
- Joint stock company AGAT – control systems
Professional activity
- A cybersecurity specialist identifies information security threats and data loss risks
- Develops and implements measures to prevent threats and solutions to protect against information loss
- Ensures the safety and confidentiality of data
- Participates in the development and implementation of IT solutions
Technologies of education
- Classical technologies and teaching methods
- Methods of military-patriotic education and patriotic outlook and attitude
- Methods with a high professional-oriented level of training: situational teaching methods based on training exercises and consideration of real examples, study tours, demonstrations and illustrations, hackathons and cyberquests, imitation of cyber attacks (war games).
- Methods of mathematical modeling of professionally-oriented tasks
- Methods of formalization
- Content analysis methods
- The department is equipped with high-tech laboratories and software sufficient to train high-level specialists
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