Master in Cyber Security

Start your career as a cyber security expert now: In the new Master's program in Cyber ​​Security, which is unique in the region, we focus on operational security and thus on the practice-oriented implementation of IT and network security: You will come up with strategies and measures to protect IT systems, networks, company data and critical infrastructure. You will also deal with legal and human factors influencing cyber security.

Why a master’s degree in cyber security at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences?

Cyber ​​security has become massively more important in recent years. Companies are increasingly exposed to threats and many have already fallen victim to hacker attacks. In addition to comprehensive technical measures, people continue to be one of the biggest vulnerabilities in cyber attacks. The loss of data can be life-threatening. That's why securing IT systems is a central task for companies.

The focus of our IT training is operational security. In addition to knowledge of processes and strategies for protecting critical data and infrastructure, the course focuses on broad, well-founded, and, above all, practical training. The heart of this is the central attack-defense simulation, which is intensively supervised in small groups.

As a master's student, you are also actively involved in the research focus of the Department of Information Technologies and Digitalization and look for solutions to current scientific problems.

The most important things about the master’s degree in cyber security

Our course of study is aimed at people who, as experts in the field of cyber security with the academic title of "graduate engineer", would like to be responsible for the conception and security of IT systems and critical infrastructure. These skills can be used in companies in implementing, and consulting, and... be brought into a managerial position.

To achieve this goal, you will deal intensively with strategies and measures to secure IT systems, networks, company data, and critical infrastructure. At the same time, you will focus on the legal and human factors that influence cyber security. In combination with the technical content taught and the practically practiced social and communication skills, the central attack defense simulation, which is intensively supervised in small groups, enables realistic preparation for actual cyber attacks in the company environment. These types of skills are particularly in demand in this environment.

• Type of study: Part-time
• Diploma: Graduate engineer (DI)
• Duration: 4 semesters (120 ECTS)
• Study places/year: 15 part-time
• Place of study: Campus Urstein
• Classroom language: German
  (approx. 40 percent of the courses take place in English)