Cyber Security (Non Thesis) Kadir Has University

Overview

According to the projections from the Statistics of U.S. Business, the need for labor in the field of cybersecurity will increase by 37% between 2012 and 2022. At the IDC’s Cybersecurity Summit held in Istanbul as of February 2018, it was stated that the number of cybersecurity specialists currently needed worldwide was 1,200,000. The annual need for specialists in the field of cybersecurity is higher than the sum of all the graduates from electrical electronics and engineering departments. It is a consensus among all the specialists that this need will increase incrementally. Trade has been substantially transferred to the electronic environments (such as Amazon and Alibab). On the other hand, social media platforms (Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter etc.) have become something indispensable for people. As the governmental services are increasingly becoming electronic, the need of any type of organizations/corporations and companies for data, information security and cybersecurity specialist is further increasing. Electronic systems are becoming more exposed to cyber-attacks as the cities are becoming “smart” through electronic services, the applications in the field of Internet of Things (IoT) are becoming more popular, industrial control systems and SCADA systems are being preferred in the national critical infrastructures and, the increase in digitalization of transportation and communication at an unprecedented pace. For these reasons and more, it is obvious that the need for cybersecurity specialists will increase day by day.

 Cyber Security (Non Thesis) is delivered at Kadir Has University.

Qualifications

1- Ability to reach knowledge deeply and widely and to evaluate, interpret and apply it, by doing research in the following fields: Information Systems, Computer networks, operating systems, information-system and data security

2- Comprehensive knowledge in contemporary techniques and methods in the following fields: Information systems, computer networks, operating systems, information-system and data securityand their constraints

3- Ability to integrate and apply knowledge using scientific methods on uncertain, limited or incomplete data; ability to use knowledge from different disciplines

4- Awareness of new and emerging applications in the following fields: Information systems, computer networks, operating systems, information-system and data security, ability to analyze and learn them whenever necessary

5- Ability to identify and formulate problems related to application of information systems, computer networks, operating systems, information-system and data security, to develop methods for their solutions and to use innovative techniques in the solutions

6- Ability to develop original ideas and methods, to design complex systems or processes and to present innovative/alternative solutions in these designs

7- Ability to design and apply theoretical, experimental and model-based research; ability to interpret and analyze complex problems in such processes

8- Ability to work in and lead single- or multi-disciplinary teams and to develop solution approaches for complexities; ability to work and take responsibilities independently

9- Ability to communicate in written and oral English at level B2 of European Language Portfolio

10- Ability to communicate the progress and results of her/his studies openly and systematically in the national and international circles of the same or other disciplines

11- Knowledge about the social, environmental, health, security, and legal aspects of application of information systems to management, project management and industrial applications and, awareness of limitations brought by them on management

12- Ability to observe social, scientific and ethical values in collecting, storing, interpreting, application management functions and disseminating data and all other professional activities