Programme: Information Security

Duration of studies: 4 years

Credits: 240

Type of study: full-time / part-time

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Study languages: Azerbaijani, Russian and English

Objectives

Objectives of training in the specialty “Information Security” are training highly qualified specialists in the field of information security, capable of solving complex problems related to the protection, reliable storage, transmission and processing of information, using achievements in the field of mathematics and information technology, and using modern hardware and software.

Learning outcomes in the specialty "Information Security":

- ability to apply theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of natural sciences and mathematics, to be able to solve engineering problems and model processes in the field of information security;

- ability to apply mathematical principles of cryptographic algorithms;

- ability to apply knowledge in the field of design and secure software development for verification, static analysis and identification of vulnerabilities of program code;

- ability to apply system, application and special software, information and communication technologies, programming languages ​​and software development systems to solve professional problems;

- ability to use modern information and communication technology products, software and hardware, as well as modern decision-making methods;

- ability to apply information security organization tools, delineation of powers and coordination between users and processes, planning and design, documentation, registration, archiving, licensing, special permit for activity, audit, certification, performance evaluation, certification, accreditation, examination of ICT projects and products;

- ability to prepare initial data for designing subsystems and tools that ensure information security, as well as conduct technical and economic justifications for the relevant design solutions;

- ability to apply regulatory legal acts, regulatory and methodological documents governing information security activities in an organization (administration, enterprise);

- ability to use the necessary mathematical methods to solve information security problems;

- ability to use foreign language skills to obtain the necessary scientific and technical information. Ability to use a foreign language to prepare presentations and in oral speech.