Bachelor in Politics of Global Challenges - Vilnius

• This program is the first and only cyber security study programme to be offered in Lithuania.
• There is a considerable demand for cyber security specialists with higher education in the European Union and international labour markets.
• In the future, the demand will undoubtedly grow due to: 1) tightening of the legal environment and the growth of data and information security in the European Union and other countries; 2) a growing number of forensic tools and the expansion of their scale; 3) the growing demand of the international enterprises and states to be better protected against economic espionage; 4) the threat of an e-war between countries.

A graduate from our program is able to:

• analyse and formalise the information flows in a business enterprise;
• technologically justify the directions of the implementation of IT;
• work out an adequate instrumentarium;
• design, implement, structure, maintain and professionally assess a secure IS;
• understand computer architecture; employ programming languages and technologies for providing information on the internet;
• design the IS architecture and databases, as well as create IS with the use of both traditional and modern mobile technologies;
• know about security components, basic structures, assessment criteria and administration basics, effective firewall concepts, architecture and content scanning;
• detect cases of hacking and carry out prevention measures; identify the gaps in incorrect programming, access the files of cyberattacks DoS and DDoS, and know about Burp Suite;
• understand the security of WEB components – forms, session management, cookies and the configuration of authentication means;
• knows the security context of a particular OS, recognise cases of phishing and understand the subtleties of session management and replay attacks;
• perform manual and half-automatic systems and software testing by identifying security gaps and security vulnerabilities;
• employ innovative methods and instrumentarium for proactive gap identification;
• and know about the legal regulations in relation to cyber security, the specificity of information security management and the management of security risks.

• Expert, Consultant and Information Systems Security Professional in government organisations and business enterprises of various sizes
• Information Systems Analyst or Architect
• Programmer
• Tester
• Database Administrator
• Project Manager in the field of Information Systems
• Information Security Analyst
• Security Management Professional
• Manager
• IT Security Auditor