Mastère Spécialisé Expert en Cybersécurité at Université de technologie de Troyes (UTT)

Programme overview

The Expert en Cybersécurité Mastère Spécialisé trains experts to identify, analyse and respond to cyber threats across computers, mobile devices, connected objects and industrial systems, including security audits and forensic analysis. It is accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, labelled SecNumEdu by ANSSI since 2017, Level 7 (RNCP 40640), with 50 places.

Duration: Teaching one week per month from September to July alternating with company weeks; company period of at least 4 months | Study mode: apprenticeship, professionalisation contract or initial/continuing training; Paris and Troyes; taught in French | Intake: September | Location: Troyes, Grand Est, France

What you will study

Ten 35-hour units: refresher module, cybersecurity and humanities, malware analysis, security audit and incident response, big data and SIEM, open-source research and law, forensic analysis, telephone and network forensics, critical architectures (virtualisation, SCADA) and a case study. Four competence blocks: handling incidents, analysing the threat, auditing technical security and forensic analysis. A professional thesis follows a company period.

Career pathways

Net employment rate of 85% and an average search of 0.8 months are stated; roles include cybersecurity expert, security auditor and forensic analyst.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Open to holders of a CTI-accredited engineering degree, a CEFDG-accredited management school master's degree, a 3rd-cycle degree (Master, DEA, DESS) or equivalent Bac+5 professional diploma, or an M1 with 3 years' experience, or an RNCP level 7 title; limited derogations exist (VAPP with 10 years' experience, or M1 without experience / L3 with 3 years' experience, together up to 40% of the cohort). Online application from 1 December to 15 June, admission on file, tests and interview, with monthly admission juries from January to June; for apprenticeship routes admission is final only once the company contract is signed. Prerequisites: computing and security fundamentals, networks (TCP/IP, OSI), SQL, programming (Python, Bash), Linux and Windows, and notions of law and GDPR.

EUR 10,500 for the whole programme. Tuition for students, job seekers and individuals (10,500 EUR net of VAT); 16,000 EUR if funded by a company. Free for apprentices and professionalisation-contract learners. Rates shown are the 2023 rates voted by the board. Source

Intake: September

Duration: Teaching one week per month from September to July alternating with company weeks; company period of

Apply through the official page: https://www.utt.fr/formations/mastere-specialise/expert-en-cybersecurite

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