{"id":17249,"date":"2025-09-18T10:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberschool.univ-rennes.fr\/?p=17249"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:41:25","slug":"ciso-programme-final-defences-reflecting-on-the-work-study-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberschool.univ-rennes.fr\/en\/ciso-programme-final-defences-reflecting-on-the-work-study-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"CISO Programme Final Defences: Reflecting on the Work-Study Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Students from the <strong>Master\u2019s Cybersecurity with CISO specialisation<\/strong> at ISTIC recently presented their two years of <strong>work-study experience<\/strong> during their final-year defences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"sliderImg\">\n    <div class=\"contain-slider\">\n            <div class=\"sliderImgs\">\n\n                \n                    <div class=\"slide\">\n                        <picture>\n    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          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cyberschool.univ-rennes.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/soutenance-master-rssi-cyberschool-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Soutenance d'un des \u00e9tudiants dans une salle de classe\" \/>\n                        <\/picture>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <script>    \n        jQuery('.sliderImgs').slick({\n            infinite: true\n        });\n\n    <\/script>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Highlighting Two Years of Professional Learning<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The students of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberschool.univ-rennes.fr\/en\/education\/cybersecurity-training-programmes\/masters-cybersecurity-with-ciso-specialisation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Master\u2019s Cybersecurity with Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) specialisation<\/a>, recently concluded their academic journey with the expected capstone exercise: the defence. In front of an audience comprising <strong>programme directors, faculty members, work-study mentors, and the new cohort of M2 CISO students<\/strong>, each student showcased the outcomes of their two-year work-study experience. They highlighted the <strong>tasks they carried out<\/strong> within their companies, the<strong> technical and organisational skills they developed<\/strong>, and the <strong>day-to-day realities<\/strong> of a future cybersecurity professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These presentations provided concrete illustrations of <strong>how the theory taught at <a href=\"https:\/\/istic.univ-rennes.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ISTIC<\/a> translates into practice<\/strong> and demonstrated how work-study students evolve into professionals capable of addressing real-world business challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mutual Enrichment for Education and Industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond academic assessment, the defences offer valuable feedback. They enable <strong>lecturers to enrich their courses with real-life case studies<\/strong> and <strong>inform the deliberations of the Cybersecurity programme\u2019s advisory board<\/strong>, which continually draws on these testimonies to adapt and evolve the curriculum in line with market needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These defences thus serve as a genuine driver for the programme\u2019s development, while also <strong>recognising and celebrating the students\u2019 commitment and professionalism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students from the Master\u2019s Cybersecurity with CISO specialisation at ISTIC recently presented their two years of work-study experience during their final-year defences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":17243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - 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