Master Réseaux et Télécommunications - Cyber-défense et Sécurité de l'Information (CDSI) at INSA Hauts-de-France

This master trains qualified professionals in information security and risk management who can protect the resources of an information system. It trains students in the methods and tools to fight cybercrime and the weaknesses of information systems, and to handle digital security and information coding issues so as to ensure availability, confidentiality and authentication of IT content. It includes a six-month end-of-course internship and a partnership with the CNRS.

Faculty: INSA Hauts-de-France - Master (co-awarded with Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France)  |  Department: Réseaux et Télécommunications (RT)  |  Duration: Master 1 and Master 2 (entry into either year)  |  Study mode: full-time (Valenciennes, Mont Houy); apprenticeship and continuing education at the Maubeuge campus; professionalisation contract available; French  |  Location: Valenciennes, Hauts-de-France, France

What you will study

Concepts, attack tools and countermeasures, industrial and management IT audits, European security standards, sensor network architectures and deployments, multimedia content and cloud security, mobile communications and their security, and human skills (project management, management, languages).

Career pathways

Roles include information-system security manager, security auditor, secure application evaluator, secure software design engineer, security consultant, technical or organisational auditor, integrator, IT and telecoms security architect and administrator and researcher in computer and electronic security. Graduates may prepare a doctorate in cryptology or computer and electronic security.

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