| Program Description |
As the internetworked computing devices have become ubiquitous in every sphere of human lives, so are the security threats originating from and to them. Threats are far from simple to be neglected, ranging from confidential information loss to national security. Financial frauds, Identity theft, cyber terrorism, cyber hacktivism, cyber trolls and bullyisms, cyber warfare, Nuclear Plant Cyberattack, are all the manifestations of the different kinds of security threats which are already looming at the corner and if overlooked can endanger the National Security of countries at worst and heckle individuals at minimum. Unfortunately, the law enforcement agencies of the land are battling with the flurry of cybercrimes and due to the lack of trained
manpower to handle the cases majority of the cyber criminals are left scottfree. NITI Aayog in its report clearly delineates the need for a comprehensive plan to tackle the situation and the urgent need to abridge the severe shortage of skilled manpower between the situation in hand and the process of creation of that manpower. “Best security starts with the secured hardware”, is the very well understood wisdom of the recent years and this is where the M.Sc. Programme in Cyber Security conducted by the department of Electronics pitches in with a healthy mixture of software and hardware solutions to the problem in hand. There are sufficient future directions shown in the syllabus to the research in the field in terms of Big Data Analysis, IoT, Cloud Computing, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Physically Unlocatable Functions and Quantum cryptography apart from training the student to become a proficient ethical hacker. This is in line with the very well known philosophy of defense, “The best defense is a good offense”.
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| Admission & entry requirements |
Candidates who have passed B.Sc. Degree examination of Mangalore University or any other University with Electronics or Computer Science or Embedded Systems as optional/major/special subject with 55%(50% for SC/ST/Category-I candidates) marks in aggregate of all the subjects are eligible for the programme. Candidate who have passed B.C.A. degree examination of Mangalore University or any other University are eligible provided they have scored 55% (50% for SC/ST/Category-1 candidates) marks in aggregate of all the subjects. Candidates who have passed B.E or B.Tech. Degree examination of any University in E&C, E&E, Computer Science, Information Science, and Telecommunication are also eligible to apply for M.Sc. programme in Cyber Security provided they have scored 55%(50% for SC/ST/Category-I candidates) marks in aggregate of all the subjects.
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