Bachelor in Cyber Security

1. PROGRAM INTRODUCTION 

When the world is entering the 4th industrial revolution, machines are becoming more popular, cheaper to produce, and most importantly, connected together. The trend improves convenience for humans but poses the risks of unsecured information sharing. Network devices and collected information are vulnerable to different types of attacks, such as tracking, stealing, or hijacking. This is critical to certain services, such as national security.

The Cyber Security bachelor’s program at USTH meets the urgent needs for human resources in this field for organizations, enterprises, and state agencies. Additionally, graduated students from this field can participate in research activities at academic institutes and universities.

All courses in Cyber Security bachelor are taught in English, including lectures, practical works, and tutorials. This international environment helps students to have huge advantages when compared to traditional domestic programs, especially with the ability to self-study and read documents. Most up-to-date cyber-security documents are in English and will not likely be translated to Vietnamese in the near future.

2. PROGRAM CURRICULUM 

The Cyber Security bachelor’s program lasts 3 years, including:

• The foundation year provides foundation knowledge to students for all specialties (60 ECTS).
• Second-year focuses on foundation knowledge regarding mathematics and computer science. These are the major building blocks of Cyber-Security. A total of 60 ECTS is offered to students. A majority of these courses are shared with the ICT specialty.
• The third-year consists of Cyber-Security specialization courses (60 ECTS). Based on the requirement of the employers, these courses are grouped into 2 categories:

+ Information assurance concentrates on ensuring the quality of the data stored in each system, including data encryption, key exchange, and mechanisms for attacks using malware. This domain also provides student knowledge about data recovery.

+ Network security ensures that the organization is well protected against network attacks. This domain covers different network services, such as Web, Cloud, or wireless systems. An introduction to detecting and preventing intrusion for such services is also provided to students.

Academic year	Semester		Name of course	ECTS
B2	Semester 3	Management Sciences	Law on IP rights	1
			Project Management	1
		Foreign language	French 2.1	4
			French 2.2	4
		Scientific courses	Probability and Statistics	4
			Numerical Methods	3
			Computational Theory	3
			Algorithms and Data structures	3
			Object-oriented Programing	4
			Basic Databases	3
	Semester 4	Scientific courses	Advanced programming with Python	3
			Mobile Application Development	4
			Computer Network	4
			Operating System	4
			Web application development	4
			Advanced Computer Architecture and x86 ISA	4
		Optional courses (choose 1 out of 2)	Software Engineering	4
			Network Programing	4
		Optional courses (choose 1 out of 2)	Mobile Wireless Communication	3
			Distributed Systems	3
Total ECTS				60
Academic year	Semester		Name of course	ECTS
B3	Semester 5	Management Sciences	Scientific Writing	2
		Foreign language	French 3.1	3
			French 3.2	4
		Scientific courses	Law of cyberspace and ethics	4
			Information Security	3
			Digital forensics	4
			Malware analysis	4
			Data Integrity and Disaster Recovery	3
			Intrusion Detection and Prevention System	4
	Semester 6	Scientific courses	Administration of Computer Systems	3
			Web security	4
			Cloud Security and Privacy	4
			Group Project	3
			Internship	15
Total ECTS				60

 

3. PROGRAM OUTCOMES 

Graduated students are expected to have the following skills: implement technologies, processes, and practices to protect networks, computers, programs, and data from attack, damage, and unauthorized access; operate and maintain security in information systems; detect, analyze and recover damage of security threats on information systems; develop security-related software.

Students are also taught soft skills and language skills to adapt to the increasing requirements of a professional working environment.

4. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

After the bachelor’s program, students are able to apply for the following positions: cyber security (system) engineer, cyber security analyst, network administrator, and system administrator, in the following organizations:    

• Banks, insurance companies: data integrity, data protection
• IT or production companies: network security
• Security-focus companies

5. CONTACT INFORMATION

 – About the training program: 

  Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

  Tel: (+84-24) 32 12 18 01

  Email: ict_dept@usth.edu.vn

  Add: Room 408, 4th floor, A21 building, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi

– About Admission: 

Department of Admission (DOA)

  Tel: ( + 84-24) 7772 7748 

  Email: admission@usth.edu.vn 

  Add: Room 102, 1st floor, A21 building, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi