Information Security, Information Technology

Overview

Security and privacy are fundamental concepts in the digital age. Real world implications and applications are everywhere around us: the browser you use to shop over the Internet, the mobile phone you hold conversations over, the bank card in your wallet, the way you travel, the car keys in your pocket, to casting electronic votes.

Information Technology - Information Security from Tampere University  research spans from theoretical to applied aspects of security and privacy, and everywhere in between. Our research appears in globally top ranked venues such as IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, and USENIX Security Symposium, to name a few – major recruiting outlets for both industry and academia. 

Career

Information security professionals work in every size company and industry to protect organizations from data breaches and attacks. By studying our programme, students get the necessary skills allowing them to follow a wide range of career paths such as:

• Researcher in Applied Cryptography;

• Researcher in Network / Computer Security;

• IT Security Engineer / Operations Specialist;

• Product Security Engineer;

• Penetration Tester / White Hat Hacker / Ethical Hacker;

• Source Code Auditor;

• Vulnerability Assessor;

• Computer Security Incident Responder;

• Information Security Analyst / Consultant / Assurance Officer / Assurance Analyst / Risk Officer;

• Cyber Security Manager;

• Security Officer;

• Computer Forensics Analyst;

• Anti-Piracy / Content Protection Analyst.