Cyber

News for Fall 2016

Rearranged with new items at the top.

• Please check this page often during the first few weeks of the semesters. There will be many changes.
• There is a welcome briefing to all incoming students on W31.08.2016 in room ICT-A1 (second floor of IT building).
• Students who plan to specialize in Cryptography (in Tartu) should contact Rain Ottis ASAP.
• There is an EST MoD scholarship (page in Estonian, but all can apply) for the incoming students (2016) who will write a defence related thesis. Deadline for application is 07 SEP 2016.
• There is an EST MoD scholarship (page in Estonian, but all can apply) for the cyber security students.
• TUT academic policies. Please note §23.
• There are multiple versions of the curriculum. In general, the one that applies to you is the one that corresponds to the year of your enrollment.
• If you have not done so already, please indicate your specialization (Cyber Security or Digital Forensics) in OIS. If you do not make a selection, then some of the courses will end up in the wrong study module. Ask the Dean's office for assistance, if necessary.
• IDN0110 Data Mining and Network Analysis will be offered this semester. Instructor: dr Sven Nõmm. Details
• ITC8010 Legal Aspects of Cyber Security will be offered on both semesters. Instructor: Anna-Maria Osula.
• ITC8050 Strategic and Operational Aspects of Cyber Security will be offered on both semesters. Details
• General note: you can replace Intro to IT and Intro to Programming with more advanced IT courses that have at least the same ECTS. Consult with Rain Ottis before committing to any changes, though.
• General note: if you take more ECTS than required in the Special Studies module then this will count towards your Free Choice module. It is not necessary to actually move the courses to Free Studies in this case.
• General note: contact Rain Ottis if you need to move HOE7023, ITC8010, ITC8050 or ITC8070 to the correct module (it may show up under Free Choice). Please note your specialization in your request (Cyber Security or Digital Forensics). You must have passed the course before it can be moved.
• Tartu University courses MTAT.03.246 and MTAT.03.247 are combined into one 6 ECTS course MTAT.03.307 (Principles of Secure Software Design).
• Tartu University Research Seminar on Cryptography (MTAT.07.019) gets a new code: MTAT.07.022.

Studies

Administrative information

Academic Calendar in English

Academic Calendar in Estonian (pdf)

Study portal. See also:

• portal intro video

• Navigate to the Cyber Security curriculum: click ENG on the right, Select Curricula on the left, Select by "structural units" under Curricula, Open (click to the little +) "Faculty of Information Technology", "10. IVCM09 IVCM09/13 Cybersecurity" in the middle table

• You must declare your courses for the semester by the so-called "red line" date, which is generally mid-September or mid-February, depending on the semester. Use the OIS study portal to declare courses.

• Please contact Dean's office for necessary passwords if you cannot log in with your ID-card and for any other kind of technical administrative help!

Course web sites

Please note that this is not a complete list.

• ITC8050 Strategic and Operational Aspects of Cyber Security

• ITV8060 Computer Network Security (4 ECP) is available and free on Fall for second year students and can be moved to Specialization module after you have got a grade.

• ITX8040 Cyber Defence seminar

• ITX8042 2014 Malware

• ITX8050 Special Course in Cyber Security

• ITX8060 2014 Malware II

• ITX8062 Information Systems Mass Attacks and Defence

• ITX8063 Information Systems Hacking Attacks and Defence

• ITX8071 Cyber Defense Monitoring Solutions replaces the course ITX8070 Log Mining and Disc Forensics.

• ITX8090 Information and Cyber Security Assurance in Organisations

• ITX8220/ITX8221 Special Course in Digital Forensics

• ITC8060 Network Protocol Design.

The courses are free (the invoices are cancelled) to Cyber Security RE students and can be moved to Specialization module after you get a grade.

Sources for free choice courses

You can look for additional free choice courses from the following sources

Scan the OIS study portal for available courses this semester (takes effort, but it is useful to learn to find your way in OIS). You can find all the courses given in English (timetables of all international programs) in TUT by looking at OIS -> Timetables -> click to GB flag in the center of the page.

You can take some other language course (French, German, Russian, Finnish) offered by the Language Centre in addition to the courses (HLI2200, HLX8040) in your curriculum. Some of the alternative courses may not be free to study. In such a case OIS will give notice when you declare the course.

ITX8512 Practical Training in Information Technology

You can get credits if you have working experience in IT field. More information can be found here: ITX8512

Thesis and graduation

The fourth semester is reserved for writing your thesis. This is a demonstration of your professional knowledge and skills, and the process typically involves the following steps (with the help of your supervisor):

• identify a problem that matters
• research possible solutions, and select or develop the most suitable one
• implement the solution
• analyze the results of your work
• present your work in a professional manner in written (thesis) and oral (thesis defence) form

Thesis information - deadlines, proposed topics, requirements, etc.

Scholarships

There are special IT-Academy scholarships available for Cyber Security students. The scholarships are awarded based on rank in admission and the study results in the previous semesters. You will have to apply for this scholarship on OIS and OIS will also tell you if you qualify for it. Check also: statute of the scholarship, which is available on the faculty web site.

In addition, you can apply for Skype and IT Academy Master’s Scholarship and LHV Bank Scholarship.

Contact

• Tallinn University of Technology
  • International Study Centre will help you in the first steps at TUT and provides useful help along your studies.
  • See also campus maps
  • Faculty of Information Technology
  • Dean's Office of IT dept: room ICT-407, phone 6203528, email i@ttu.ee
  • program coordinator Rain Ottis, rain.ottis@ttu.ee, room ICT-430, Akadeemia 15a. Consultancy registration via e-mail.
  • research coordinator Olaf Maennel, olaf.maennel@ttu.ee, ICT-420, Akadeemia 15a. Consultancy registration via e-mail.
• University of Tartu
  • Institute of Computer Science
  • program coordinator Dominique Unruh

Historic information from spring 2016

Rearranged with new items at the top.

• There is an EST MoD scholarship (page in Estonian, but all can apply) for the incoming students (2016) who will write a defence related thesis. Deadline for application is 07 SEP 2016.
• There is an EST MoD scholarship (page in Estonian, but all can apply) for the cyber security students.
• TUT academic policies. Please note §23.
• There are multiple versions of the curriculum. In general, the one that applies to you is the one that corresponds to the year of your enrollment.
• If you have not done so already, please indicate your specialization (Cyber Security or Digital Forensics) in OIS. If you do not make a selection, then some of the courses will end up in the wrong study module. Ask the Dean's office for assistance, if necessary.
• June thesis defence candidates - please indicate your thesis topic by 01 FEB in Moodle. See the Thesis page for more details.
• IDN0110 Data Mining and Network Analysis will be offered this semester. Lectures are on Mondays 1745-1915, practice on Tuesdays 1400-1530. Instructor: dr Sven Nõmm. Details
• ITC8010 Legal Aspects of Cyber Security will be offered this semester and in the fall semester. Instructor: Anna-Maria Osula. Fridays 1200-1530 in room ICT-315.
• ITC8050 Strategic and Operational Aspects of Cyber Security will be offered this semester and in the fall semester. For this semester, the course is on even week Wednesdays 1745-2100 in ICT-315. First lecture on 10 FEB at 2000-2100; 2nd lecture re-scheduled for spring (TBA). Details
• ITC8061 Network Protocol Design replaces ITC8060 (instructor: prof Olaf Maennel). ITC8061 will be 6 ECTS (elective in Special Studies module, both specializations).
• ITC8111 Special Course on Locked Shields will take place. This will be available for both specializations. Instructor: Kaur Kasak.
• ITC8112 Special Course on current cyber security topics will take place in ICT-312 on odd week Wednesdays 1745-2015. This will be available for both specializations. Instructor: dr Hayretdin Bahsi. Details You can access to course information via Moodle
• MTAT.03.248 Introduction to Internet Psychology (instructor: Kätlin Konstabel) will take place in Tallinn during first half of the semester on Tuesdays 1000-1400 on the dates of 16 FEB, 01 MAR, 15 MAR, 29 MAR - total of 4 lectures. Room ICT-315. Sign up via Tartu University OIS (admin problems -> hanna-liisa.ennet@ut.ee). NB! First lecture now on 16 FEB. Monday lectures cancelled.
• MTAT.03.307 Secure Software Design will be available with a mostly remote study option (minimal travel needed) this semester. The first lecture in Tartu on 18 FEB is mandatory. Sign up via Tartu University OIS (admin problems -> hanna-liisa.ennet@ut.ee). Details
• It is highly recommended that Digital Forensics students take at least one course from Tartu University (see the previous two bullets for possible candidates that require little or no travel).
• General note: you can replace Intro to IT and Intro to Programming with more advanced IT courses that have at least the same ECTS. Consult with Rain Ottis before committing to any changes, though.
• General note: if you take more ECTS than required in the Special Studies module than this will count towards your Free Choice module. It is not necessary to actually move the courses to Free Studies in this case.
• General note: contact Rain Ottis if you need to move HOE7023, ITC8010, ITC8050 or ITC8070 to the correct module (it may show up under Free Choice). Please note your specialization in your request (Cyber Security or Digital Forensics). You must have passed the course before it can be moved.
• If you took the Oxford course in the fall, you can get credit through the VÕTA system as IDU0402. More details from the Dean's office. It is suitable for Free or Special studies.
• Tartu University courses MTAT.03.246 and MTAT.03.247 are combined into one 6 ECTS course MTAT.03.307 (Principles of Secure Software Design).
• Tartu University Research Seminar on Cryptography (MTAT.07.019) gets a new code: MTAT.07.022.

Historic information from fall 2015

Note this is historic information for last semester and only may only used as reference.

• January thesis defence dates:
  • 14 DEC - deadline for applying for defence in OIS (thesis code ITC70LT).
  • 05 JAN - deadline for submitting your thesis for review.
  • 18 JAN - thesis defence day.

• The new instructor for ITX8090 (Information and Cyber Security Assurance in Organisations) is Dr Andro Kull.

• If a course does not show up on your schedule:
  • try a manual search for that specific course. Electives (especially from different departments) are often not added to the full schedule.
  • wait. Some of them are not in the system yet, but this should be resolved by the end of this week.

• ITX8041 (Legal Aspects of Cyber Security) is replaced by ITC8010 (same name). There are minor changes in content and the course is now given on both semesters. For the fall semester of 2015 the course is given by Agnes Käsper. Do not take it, if you have already passed ITX8041.

• ITX8215 (Digital Evidence) is replaced by HOE7023 (same name); taught by Agnes Käsper. There are no significant changes to the content. Do not take it, if you have already passed ITX8215. NB! Schedule change: it takes place every week for weeks 1-8 in U03-222 on Mondays at 1745-2100.

• ITX8062 (Information Systems Mass Attacks and Defence) is replaced by ITC8050 (Strategic and Operational Aspects of Cyber Security), which will be offered on both semesters. The course will be given on odd weeks throughout the semester (previously taught on weeks 1-8). The course is designed for second year students and there are limited number of seats available. If you do not fit into this fall's version, you can take it in the spring. Do not take it, if you have already passed ITX8062. NB! Schedule change: it takes place on odd weeks throughout the semester in ICT-A1 on Wednesday 1745-2100.

• ITX8063 (Information Systems Hacking Attacks and Defence) is replaced by ITC8070 (Information Systems Attacks and Defence). The new course will be 4 ECTS and there are limited slots available. Do not take it, if you have already passed ITX8063. NB! Schedule change: it takes place every week on weeks 9-16 in SOC-212 on Tuesday 1745-2100.

• If you enrolled in 2014 or earlier, then the replacement courses (see above) may not display in the correct modules. Do not worry about this, we will move them at the end of the semester. Just contact Rain Ottis during the exam session and let him know what the situation is.

• A special course on forensics takes place (ITX8220/ITX8221 - you should pick a code that you have not used yet) in the second half of the semester. This will be a hands on course that is going to look at the forensics tools in Kali Linux. It is taught by Erika Matsak. If you consider taking it, you will have to sign up for it by September 10th. NB! Schedule change: it takes place every week on weeks 9-16 in ICT-403 on Monday 1930-2100 and Thursday 1930-2100.

• The seminars ITX8040 and ITX8230 (depending on your focus) are taking place together on Tuesdays, 1600-1730 in room ICT-315. They are designed to help you with your thesis and should be taken on the third semester. However, you can also take it during your first semester, if you already have some idea about your thesis. You can only sign up for one seminar. If you have passed either one in the past, then you can attend, but not get credit for it.

• There will be a Special Course on Cyber Security (ITX8050) that focuses on national and international cyber security questions (policy/strategy level). The course is designed to prepare candidates for the Cyber Challenge, although there is no guarantee that those who pass the course actually get to go. Last year we sent a team to Switzerland and they did very well. This course will be run by Tiia Sõmer during the second half of the semester, on Thursday evenings at 1800-1930 in ICT-315.

• Information about language courses in English and in Estonian.

• IDN0110 and ITX8080 are not offered this semester.