MSc Applied Cyber Security

Master in Applied Cyber Security

There is no branch of economics that is not related to the internet. However, although digitization offers enormous facilities in the daily lives of citizens and businesses, it exposes the economy and society to cyber threats. Critical areas, such as defense, public administration, finance, transport, energy, health, are increasingly dependent on digital technologies and thus becoming vulnerable to malicious malicious banking, sensitive data, government and industry. information, personal information, personal identification information (PII), intellectual property and protected health information (PHI). Cyber-attacks and cybercrime are on the rise around the world, with ever-evolving methods. This trend is expected to intensify as more and more computers connect to the internet.

Cybersecurity is becoming the number one issue of the present and the future, and experts in this field are valuable. The market value of the EU in the field of cybersecurity is estimated at more than 130 billion € and is growing at a rate of 17% per year. The EU has about 60,000 cybersecurity companies. Nevertheless, 3 million cybersecurity professionals are missing from the world, according to the latest report of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The MSc Applied Cybersecurity program, which is also offered with remote monitoring, trains highly qualified scientists in the field of cybersecurity.

It is developed in a series of sections, which deal with all aspects of the protection of a digital society and its data and combine the theoretical concepts of cybersecurity with practical topics and case studies. They cover all four areas of cybersecurity: Management, Technology, Regulatory, Forensic Science, with their sub-areas.

Graduates can work as Information Security Managers, Information Security Auditors, Security Managers or Architects, Senior Security Engineers, Data Protection Experts and many other positions in the private and public sectors. They can also continue their studies to obtain an MPhil degree or a doctorate.

H Δρ. Ζωή Αναγνωστίδου αποφοίτησε από το Τμήμα Οικονομικών Επιστημών του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας το 2004. Στη συνέχεια, πραγματοποίησε μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Bath (UK) με αντικείμενο το Μάνατζμεντ, και εκπόνησε τη διδακτορική της διατριβή στο Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (Tμήμα Μάρκετινγκ και Επικοινωνίας)