Master of Science in Engineering “Diplôme d’Ingénieur”, cybersecurity in-depth theme

Presentation

The Master of Science in Engineering “Diplôme d’Ingénieur”, cybersecurity in-depth theme spans three years. During their first year, students will develop a body of scientific knowledge and know-how and a variety of techniques that will help them develop into engineers mastering a broad spectrum of disciplines. They will also begin to acquire cross-disciplinary skills, such as working in an intercultural environment, through collaborative projects, foreign language classes, and extracurricular activities. This first year is where you adopt new working methods that are more in line with the professional world, and define your personal study programme. In second and third year, students will build their own professional project, strengthening their skills and opening up to various sectors of activity. By taking advantage of the support of  top teaching teams, they will study two in-depth themes that meet the challenges of tomorrow’s world.

The “cybersecurity” in-depth theme trains security engineers for both information and industrial technologies. In response to security issues, the IMT Atlantique students who follow this theme will develop skills in cyber protection and cyber defense and gain the solid scientific and technical foundations required in the cyber security market. In addition to these fundamental skills, new uses in terms of communication and information processing are also taken into account in cybersecurity training (e.g. cloud computing, IoT, big data, or industrial systems). The course also extends to the legal, organisational, and human factors as well as the economic impacts which are crucial to understanding threats. In addition, students will learn to deal with internal or external malicious behavior and optimise existing protection and remediation solutions. This module is based on innovative case studies through which students will gain a real understanding of risks.