DJM-CYBER: A Join Mas e in Ad anced Cybe secu i y
Yianna Danidou∗
y[email p o ec ed]
Eu opean Uni e si y Cyp us
Nicosia, Cyp us
Sa a Ricci
[email p o ec ed]
B no Uni e si y o Technology
B no, Czech Republic
An onio Ska me a
[email p o ec ed]
Uni e sidad de Mu cia
Mu cia, Spain
Im e Lendak
Eö ös Lo ánd Uni e si y (ELTE)
Budapes , Hunga y
[email p o ec ed]
Ji i Hosek
[email p o ec ed]
B no Uni e si y o Technology
B no, Czech Republic
S e ano Zane o
s e ano.zane [email p o ec ed]
Poli ecnico di Milano
Milano, I aly
ABSTRACT
Va ious publicly a ailable s udies show ha millions o cybe secu-
i y expe s a e missing wo ldwide. One possible way o ackle he
wo k o ce gap is wi h ailo ed highe educa ion p og ammes. The
goal o his pape is o p esen he ele an p ojec s and amewo ks
o he Eu opean Union which can guide he de elopmen o no el
cybe secu i y educa ion o e ings. We desc ibe he mos ele an
and eely a ailable ools and es hem in he de elopmen o a
join Mas e s udy p og amme o be o e ed by a conso ium o
i e Eu opean uni e si ies. We show ha hese ools allow educa-
o s and s udy p og amme de elope s o map hei ou pu s o he
Eu opean Cybe secu i y F amewo k de eloped by he ENISA and
o he simila amewo ks. We comple e ou wo k wi h a de ailed
analysis o a join cybe secu i y mas e p og amme consis ing o
ou inno a i e and dis inc ly di e en acks.
CCS CONCEPTS
•Social and p o essional opics
→
Model cu icula;•Applied
compu ing
→
Educa ion;•Human-cen e ed compu ing
→
Human compu e in e ac ion (HCI).
KEYWORDS
cybe secu i y educa ion, join mas e p og amme, cybe secu i y
oles, cybe secu i y p o iles, ENISA ECSF, NICE F amewo k
ACM Re e ence Fo ma :
Yianna Danidou, Sa a Ricci, An onio Ska me a, Im e Lendak, Ji i Hosek,
and S e ano Zane o. 2023. DJM-CYBER: A Join Mas e in Ad anced Cybe -
secu i y. In The 18 h In e na ional Con e ence on A ailabili y, Reliabili y and
Secu i y (ARES 2023), Augus 29–Sep embe 01, 2023, Bene en o, I aly. ACM,
New Yo k, NY, USA, 10 pages. h ps://doi.o g/10.1145/3600160.3605002
1 INTRODUCTION
In oday’s digi al landscape, cybe secu i y has eme ged as a c i ical
and p essing opic, gi en he g owing eliance o public and p i a e
o ganisa ions as well as indi iduals on echnology o hei day-
o-day ope a ions and communica ion. Howe e , he demand o
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cybe secu i y expe ise o en su passes he a ailabili y o skilled
p o essionals who can implemen and main ain e ec i e cybe se-
cu i y measu es. As a esul , his skill gap poses ulne abili ies and
isks, wi h po en ial consequences o indi iduals, businesses, and
e en na ions.
Eu ope has been pa icula ly a ec ed by he sho age o cybe se-
cu i y expe s, as he demand o hese skills has inc eased apidly
in ecen yea s, leading o a signi ican skills gap in he ield. The
complex and e e -e ol ing na u e o cybe secu i y necessi a es
ongoing aining and educa ion, making i challenging o iden i y,
add ess, and upda e he equi ed secu i y skills [
1
,
2
]. To add ess
his issue, companies, go e nmen s, and academia ha e de ined cy-
be secu i y p o iles and ela ed skills in an ad-hoc manne , esul ing
in di e se de ini ions o he same equi emen s. The e o e, he e
is a need o s anda dize hese p o iles and skills o align wi h he
Eu opean pe spec i e, in o de o de elop mo e e icien aining
p og ams ha can mee he cu en and u u e aining needs. A
no able ou come o hese e o s is he Eu opean Union Agency o
Cybe secu i y’s (ENISA) Eu opean Cybe secu i y Skills F amewo k
(ECSF) [
6
], which has success ully ede ined and consolida ed cy-
be secu i y p o iles in o 12 comp ehensi e p o iles ha encompass
all necessa y cu en skills, wi h p o isions o u u e skill upda es.
The sho age o cybe secu i y expe s con inues o be a pe sis-
en challenge, and he demand is expec ed o su pass he supply
in he o eseeable u u e. This unde sco es he ongoing need o
sus ained in es men in educa ion and aining p og ams, as well
as he p omo ion o cybe secu i y as a iable and ewa ding ca ee
pa h o a ac mo e alen o he ield. Ac oss Eu ope, he e a e
se e al ini ia i es ha emphasize he impo ance o cybe secu i y
om an ea ly age, aiming o gene a e inc eased in e es among
young people in pu suing a ca ee in cybe secu i y in he u u e
[
3
]. P o iding comp ehensi e and engaging guidance o eache s
a he basic educa ion le els is c ucial, wi h con en ha no only
os e s cu iosi y and in e es in he cybe secu i y ield bu also
aises awa eness abou cybe secu i y and unde sco es he demand
o expe s in his sec o .
2 IMPACT OF THE PROGRAMME
In esponse o he skills gap, Eu opean go e nmen s and businesses
a e in es ing in educa ion and aining p og ams o cul i a e he
nex gene a ion o expe s. One such Eu opean in es men is he
E asmus Mundus ini ia i e which leads o Highe Educa ion ins i u-
ions (HEIs) o collabo a e and join ly o e specialized Mas e -le el
s udy p og ams. E asmus Mundus Join Mas e (EMJM) p ojec s
ARES 2023, Augus 29–Sep embe 01, 2023, Bene en o, I aly Danidou, e al.
can ecei e EU unding and be implemen ed by ma u e conso ia in
a single s age, o conso ia can be se up wi h he E asmus Mundus
Design Measu es lump-sum unding ins umen o he EU. The
Designing a Join Mas e in Cybe secu i y (DJM-CYBER) was an
EMDM p ojec which aimed o design and de elop a Join Mas e in
Ad anced Cybe secu i y p og amme. In o de o ensu e he e ec-
i eness and ele ance o he p oposed cu iculum, he conso ium
p io i ized academic educa ion o ma ch he p o iles iden i ied in
ENISA’s ECSF and he NIST NICE Compe encies amewo k.
The design and e en ual es ablishmen o he Join Mas e ’s
in Ad anced Cybe secu i y can ha e a signi ican impac by en-
hancing educa ion and aining by p o iding a comp ehensi e and
specialised cu iculum, in e disciplina y, cu ing-edge esea ch and
p ac ical aining; c ea ing a pool o di e se and highly skilled
p o essionals, while a ac ing op alen s om ac oss Eu ope and
beyond; imp o ing cybe secu i y p ac ices and s anda ds aising
he o e all cybe secu i y pos u e in Eu ope; os e ing collabo a i e
esea ch and inno a ion among s uden s, acul y, and esea che s
om di e en coun ies and ins i u ions, leading o he exchange o
ideas, no el esea ch indings, and inno a i e solu ions; s eng h-
ening he Eu opean cybe secu i y ecosys em by acili a ing pa -
ne ships be ween academia, indus y, and go e nmen , leading o
inc eased collabo a ion, in o ma ion sha ing, and join ini ia i es
in cybe secu i y esea ch, de elopmen , and policy-making; and
add essing he skills gap in he ield by p oducing highly ained
g adua es wi h specialized expe ise. G adua es o he p og am
would possess ad anced quali ica ions ecognized ac oss Eu ope,
making hem highly compe i i e in he job ma ke and capable o
mee ing he inc easing demand o skilled cybe secu i y expe s.
3 CYBERSECURITY ROLES AND PROFILES
In his sec ion, we b ie ly e iew he NIST NICE Compe encies
amewo k and he ENISA Eu opean Cybe secu i y Skills F ame-
wo k Role P o iles (ECSF). The conso ium has aligned he cu icu-
lum o he ( u u e) Join Mas e ’s P og amme wi h bo h axonomies
o ensu e ha g adua es will possess he necessa y knowledge,
skills and abili ies ha a e in cu en demand in he cybe secu i y
wo k o ce as well as in he u u e, making hem mo e compe i i e
and ele an in he job ma ke , and helping o close he skills gap.
3.1 NIST NICE wo k oles
The Na ional Ini ia i e o Cybe secu i y Educa ion (NICE) is a
Uni ed S a es pa ne ship be ween go e nmen , academia and he
p i a e sec o led by he Na ional Ins i u e o S anda ds and Tech-
nology (NIST). I suppo s cybe secu i y aining and educa ion
p o ide s by de eloping axonomies, s anda ds, and bes p ac ices.
Among he c ea ed s anda ds, he NICE F amewo k [
12
] p o ides a
de ailed desc ip ion o 1) wo k oles, 2) knowledge, skills, and abili-
ies (KSAs), and 3) asks o a o emen ioned wo k oles. Acco dingly,
his amewo k iden i ies which knowledge and skills a e equi ed
by pa icula wo k oles a ailable in he cybe secu i y job ma ke .
3.2 ENISA Cybe secu i y Skills F amewo k -
ECSF
The ENISA Eu opean Cybe secu i y Skills F amewo k (ECSF) [
6
]
is he esul o he join e o s o ENISA and he ENISA ad-hoc
wo king g oup on cybe secu i y skills amewo k. The ECSF aims
o c ea e "a common unde s anding o he ele an oles, compe-
encies, skills and knowledge in o de o acili a e cybe secu i y
skills ecogni ion and o suppo he design o cybe secu i y- ela ed
aining p og ams". The amewo k summa izes all cybe secu i y-
ela ed oles in o 12 p o iles, wi h clea ly ou lined ela ed key asks,
skills, knowledge, and compe encies. I is impo an o no ice ha
he ECSF coun s a o al o 84 key skills and 69 key knowledge a eas
de ined. This lis o key skills and knowledge c ea e a common ax-
onomy o academia, i.e., hey speci y which knowledge a e needed
o be augh . The 12 ECSF p o iles a e as ollows: Chie In o ma ion
Secu i y O ice (CISO), Cybe Inciden Responde , Cybe Legal,
Policy & Compliance O ice , Cybe Th ea In elligence Special-
is , Cybe secu i y A chi ec , Cybe secu i y Audi o , Cybe secu i y
Educa o , Cybe secu i y Implemen e , Cybe secu i y Resea che ,
Cybe secu i y Risk Manage , Digi al Fo ensics In es iga o , and
Pene a ion Tes e .
4 RELATED CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION
PROJECTS
Se e al cybe secu i y amewo ks ha e been de eloped o e he
las i e yea s (2017- 2022), aimed a p o iding sui able e e ence
s uc u es o di e en pu poses: academic educa ion, p o essional
aining, and scien i ic and echnological esea ch. We men ion
in pa icula he ollowing amewo ks, due o he b oadness o
hei scope and he well-es ablished in e na ional ins i u ions ha
p oduced hem:
•The Cybe secu i y Cu icula Guidelines (CSEC) [7]
•The Cybe secu i y Wo k o ce F amewo k (CWF) [12]
•The Eu opean Cybe secu i y Taxonomy (JRC) [11]
•The Cybe secu i y Body o Knowledge (CyBOK) [13]
•
The Eu opean Cybe secu i y Educa ion and P o essional
T aining Minimum Re e ence Cu iculum (ECSO) [16]
Ou conso ium was composed o pa ne s in ol ed in wo (o e
ou ) pilo p ojec s namely Cybe Sec4Eu ope and SPARTA, which
we e chosen o add ess he Ho izon 2020 Cybe secu i y call and a e
pa o he Eu opean Cybe secu i y Compe ence Ne wo k which
aims o s eng hen and sus ain Eu ope’s cybe secu i y compe ence
whe e he pilo s collabo a i ely sha e hei achie emen s and e-
sul s. Mo eo e , wo membe s o ou pa ne ship a e pa o he
Cybe secu i y Skills Alliance – A New Vision o Eu ope (REWIRE)
ERASMUS+ Sec o Skills Alliance (SSA) p ojec , which “aims o p o-
ide conc e e ecommenda ions and solu ions ha would lead o he
educ ion o skill gaps be ween indus y equi emen s and sec o al
aining p o ision and con ibu e o suppo g ow h, inno a ion
and compe i i eness in he ield o Cybe secu i y” [14].
4.1 SPARTA - Cu icula Designe
SPARTA is a p ojec which c ea ed a long-las ing communi y capa-
ble o collabo a ion o de ine, de elop, sha e, and e ol e solu ions
ha will help p ac i ione s p e en cybe c ime and enhance cybe -
secu i y. SPARTA Deli e able D9.2 [
8
] con ains he desc ip ion o
he me hodology o designing highe educa ion s udy p og ams
and p o essional aining cou ses, speci ically ecommends ha a
Mas e ’s deg ee should ha e a leas 40 % o p ac ical lec u es.
DJM-CYBER: A Join Mas e in Ad anced Cybe secu i y ARES 2023, Augus 29–Sep embe 01, 2023, Bene en o, I aly
Wi hin he SPARTA p ojec , a no el ee web applica ion, namely
he Cybe secu i y Cu icula Designe [
9
], was de eloped. This app
can be used o design cybe secu i y cu icula ha e lec he needs
o pa icula wo k posi ions. The applica ion uses he SPARTA
amewo k ha is de i ed om he NIST NICE amewo k. In pa -
icula , h ough he inse ion mechanism, he gene a ed cu icula
can be analyzed and mapped o he NICE NIST wo k oles.
Mo eo e , he applica ion was ex ended o wo k wi h he key
skills o he ENISA amewo k and, he e o e, maps he added
cu iculum o he ENISA amewo k [10].
4.2 REWIRE - Cybe secu i y P o ile
Wi hin he analysis o he ENISA ECSF amewo k, he REWIRE
p ojec ound ha he ENISA key skills and knowledge desc ibing
he p o iles a e uniquely ph ased [
5
]. Mo eo e , his lis equi es
echnical knowledge and can be demanding o be managed o non-
expe s o he sec o . A way o o e come his issue is o g oup he
key knowledge and skills ha ep esen he exac same concep s
bu ph ased in di e en ways. Acco dingly, a o al o 31 g oups
we e iden i ied and used as back-end o he de eloped use - iendly
REWIRE web applica ions, i.e. he Cybe secu i y P o ile [
5
] and
Cybe secu i y Job Ads analyze [15].
The REWIRE Cybe secu i y P o ile is an open-sou ce, eely
a ailable, dynamic web applica ion which allows he design and
he analysis o cu icula. In pa icula , he Cybe secu i y P o ile 1)
maps exis ing cu icula, ainings, and ce i ica ions o he ENISA
p o iles, 2) iden i ies which cou ses, ainings, and ce i ica ions a e
ecommended o a ce ain p o ile, and 3) allows designing a s udy
p og am, aining, o ce i ica ion scheme and seeing o which p o-
ile is mo e ela ed. This applica ion is an ex en ion o he SPARTA
Cu icula Designe o which i sha es he main ea u es. While he
Cu icula Designe is in ended only o cu icula, he Cybe secu i y
P o ile also inco po a es he design o p o essional aining and
ce i ica ion schemes. In he Cybe secu i y P o ile , he cu icula
a e mapped o he ENISA p o ile h ough he 31 REWIRE g oup. Fo
ins ance, he ollowing g oups/skills belong o he Cybe secu i y
A chi ec p o ile: "Collabo a e and Communica e", "Da a P i acy",
"Da a Secu i y", "En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as uc u e De-
sign", "In o ma ion Secu i y Con ols Assessmen ", "Law, Policy,
and E hics", "Ope a ing Sys ems", "Risk Managemen ", "So wa e De-
elopmen ", "Technology Fluency", and "Wo k o ce Managemen ".
We e e o [5] o mo e de ails.
4.3 Cybe Sec4Eu ope
One o he cen al aspec s o he Cybe Sec4Eu ope cybe secu i y
pilo p ojec was he iden i ica ion o an educa ion and assessmen
amewo k desc ibed in [
4
], which aims o suppo con inuing ed-
uca ion and li elong aining. The aim o he amewo k is no o
p oduce all possible con en equi ed o implemen educa ional and
aining p og ammes, bu ins ead o de ine guidelines and ools
ha suppo he design o capabili y building ins umen s, open o
ex e nal sou ces and hi d-pa y ma e ial ou side he conso ium,
which in pa icula con ain guidelines and me hodologies o en-
su e adequa e quali y s anda ds. This includes he iden i ica ion
o cybe secu i y knowledge uni s and cu icula, he speci ica ion
o lea ning objec i es and compe ences equi ed o de elop and
enhance cybe secu i y skills o di e en p o iles and oles, he de-
elopmen o aining and awa eness o achie e such objec i es and
compe ences, oge he wi h ac i i ies o apply and es such compe-
encies. Cybe secu i y is among he as es mo ing ields in oday’s
digi al wo ld, which means ha educa ion p og ammes mus be
con inuously upda ed wi h s a e-o - he-a esea ch and inno a ion
knowledge o keep hem up- o-da e and ele an . Fo his pu pose,
and as a o wa d- hinking ool o he Cybe Sec4Eu ope ame-
wo k, he p ojec has p o ided communi y-eme gen sugges ions
on how o inco po a e esea ch and demons a o s ( om Cybe -
Sec4Eu ope) in o u u e educa ional o e s. Mo eo e , we explain
how non- adi ional educa ion o ma s such as cybe anges, se i-
ous games and MOOCs can be used o o e sui able cybe secu i y
lea ning expe iences.
O e all, he Cybe Sec4Eu ope p o ides an o e iew o e mos
o he educa ion and aining ac i i ies which include cu a ed sum-
ma ies o key con ibu ions, including ansla ions om his ame-
wo k o he Eu opean Cybe secu i y Educa ion and P o essional
T aining Minimum Re e ence Cu iculum (ECSO) occupa ions and
skills s anda d, guidelines o de elop Secu i y Se ious Games (SSG)
and o he gami ica ion app oaches o educa ion, s udies on job p o-
iles o long p e alence in he cybe secu i y ield (bo de con ol),
and incidence o cu en esea ch ini ia i es in o he knowledge
a eas de ined in ou amewo k.
5 JOINT PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT
In he de elopmen o DJM-CYBER s udy p og am we made he
ollowing s eps:
(1)
An analysis o exis ing cybe secu i y-o ien ed ERASMUS Mundus
p og ammes. We analysed 5 exis ing ERASMUS Mundus
s udy p og ammes in cybe secu i y conside ing he ollow-
ing aspec s: 1) Selec ion o candida es, 2) Numbe o ECTS,
3) P og amme du a ion, 4) Tui ion ees and schola ships, 5)
Summe schools and in e nships, 6) In ol ed coun ies, and
o he s.
(2)
Compa ison and solu ion p oposal. The analysis is hen ol-
lowed by a compa ison o he collec ed da a whe e ou p o-
posed solu ions a e jus i ied.
(3)
Usage o exis ing in e na ional and Eu opean le el ecom-
menda ions. In o de o s eng hen ou p oposal, documen s
on cu icula ecommenda ions we e analysed.
(4)
Usage o exis ing ools, namely SPARTA Cu icula Designe
and REWIRE Cybe secu i y P o ile . Bo h applica ions we e
used in he selec ion o he cou ses o make ou p oposal i
he desi ed NICE wo k oles and ENISA p o iles.
(5)
S uc u e o he p oposed s udy p og amme. A las , we p o-
pose ou s udy p og am’s s uc u e.
5.1 Analysis o Exis ing P og ammes and
Compa ison
We iden i ied 5 mas e s cu en ly being implemen ed a he Eu o-
pean le el: 1. Mas e ‘s P og amme in Secu i y and Cloud Compu ing
(SECCLO), 2. Eu opean Mas e In Law, Da a and A i icial In elli-
gence (EMILDAI), 3. Cybe space Beha io and E- he apy (CBE),
4. Cybe us E asmus Mundus Mas e in Cybe secu i y (CYBERUS),
ARES 2023, Augus 29–Sep embe 01, 2023, Bene en o, I aly Danidou, e al.
Table 1: Compa ison o exis ing cybe secu i y ERASMUS Mundus s udy p og ammes wi h ou p oposal, i.e., DJM-CYBER.
"S/W" s a es o Summe o Win e .
SECCLO EMILDAI CBE CYBERUS IMSISS DJM-CYBER
♯Uni e si ies 6 4 3 3 4 5
♯Mobili y 2 2 o 3 3 3 3 2 o 3
♯T acks 6 4 2 2 8 4
Facul ies
Enginee ing
and Compu e
Science
Law and Com-
pu e Science
Psychology
Enginee ing
and Compu e
Science
Social and Poli -
ical Science
Enginee ing
and Compu e
Science
Topics
Cloud compu -
ing, in o ma-
ion secu i y
Law, compu -
ing
Human be-
ha iou back-
g ound, exac
sciences, en-
ginee ing
backg ound
IoT cybe secu-
i y, so wa e
cybe secu i y
In elligence,
peace-building
and e o ism,
causes o con-
lic s
9 ENISA p o-
iles
In e nship Yes (5 ECTS) Yes (Elec i e) Yes Yes
Yes (only o se-
lec ed s uden s)
Yes (Elec i e)
♯S/W School 1 3 1 1 4 1
5. In e na ional Mas e Secu i y, In elligence & S a egic S udies
(IMSISS).
Table 1 shows a compa ison o he i e mas e s and ou p oposal.
Unluckily, he analysis poin ed ou ha he e is no common s a egy
in he s uc u e o hese join mas e s. Fo example, he in ol ed
acul ies and opics can be ei he echnical o humanis ic. SECCLO,
EMILDAI, and CYBERUS a e o pa icula in e es since we a e
going o p opose mo e “ echnical” opics due o ou expe ise. How-
e e , i is impo an o no ice ha ou s udy p og amme will ocus
on he mul idisciplina i y o cybe secu i y. In ac , DJM-CYBER
p oposes 4 acks, and he s uden s will ecei e a double deg ee
i le, mo e speci ically 4 di e en double deg ee p og ammes a e
acc edi ed by a conso ium consis ing o i e uni e si ies.
The numbe o isi ed uni e si ies will be ei he 2 o 3 in each
p oposed ack. We would like o minimize he numbe o mobili ies
o he s uden s ha need o adap o he new uni e si y en i on-
men and coun y. We seek o achie e in e na ionaliza ion o hei
knowledge and language no only ela ed o he cybe secu i y s udy.
Howe e , each s uden should ha e he possibili y o ollow he
ack ha he/she likes he mos , and he e o e, he op ion o 3
isi ed uni e si ies is equi ed o s uden s who al eady s udied a
bachelo ’s deg ee in one o he in ol ed pa ne coun ies.
Mo eo e , each exis ing s udy p og amme p esen s a di e en
numbe o in ol ed uni e si ies. In some cases, hey ha e in ol ed
associa ed pa ne s which ei he manage he summe /win e school
o pa icipa e in he hesis de elopmen . The numbe o acks is
also a ied. SECCLO s udy p og amme is he closes one due o he
numbe o in ol ed uni e si ies. Following he exis ing p oposal,
DJM-CYBER akes wo yea s o a o al o 120 ECTS. This allows
s uden s o ha e a possible access o u u e Ph.D. s udy p og amme
wi hou a need o any addi ional s udy. Mo eo e , each semes e
will coun 30 ECTS as in all analysed p og ammes.
The numbe c edi s assigned o he MSc hesis is 30 ECTS. The
hesis is an impo an componen o he s udy p og amme which
is compulso y in all analyzed join mas e s. We also seek o gi e o
s uden s he possibili y o wo k independen ly while supe ised by
an expe in he ield. Mos o he exis ing p og ammes assign he
en i e las semes e o he hesis p epa a ion. No e ha he e is no
common s a egy o he numbe o isi ed uni e si ies whe eas
an in e nship is always included.
5.2 DJM-CYBER De elopmen and S uc u e
Ou s udy p og amme DJM-CYBER consis s o 4 di e en acks
ha co e 4 main cybe secu i y a eas:
(1) T ack 1. Cybe secu i y Design and De elopmen ,
(2) T ack 2. In as uc u e Secu i y and Resilience,
(3) T ack 3. Secu i y and Cybe In elligence,
(4) T ack 4. Cybe secu i y Ope a ions and Managemen .
All he acks ha e he same s a egy as shown in 1. Two uni-
e si ies o he conso ium a e esponsible o e e y ack. I is
planned ha s uden s will a end cou ses o a comple e yea in
one uni e si y. This pe mi s a be e cul u al acquain ance and aca-
demic in ol emen o he s uden in he hos ing coun y. Mo eo e ,
each s uden should ha e he possibili y o access he desi ed ack
no depending on he coun y ha he/she s udied. Fo ins ance,
s uden s who ha e a bachelo ’s deg ee om ei he he Czech Re-
public o Cyp us can anyway selec T ack 1 wi h he limi a ion ha
Semes e 4, he hesis de elopmen , will be done in collabo a ion
be ween one o he wo HEIs in ol ed in he cu en ack and wi h
one o he o he pa ne HEIs.
Ou mas e ollows he ENISA ecommenda ions, and each ack
is designed o co e 2 ENISA p o iles allowing a clea pa h om
academia o wo k posi ions. Mo eo e , a na u al con inua ion is
o become a Cybe secu i y Resea che in all cases. The connec ion
be ween academia and p o iles is achie ed by selec ing cou ses o
each pa ne wi h he ENISA key skills and knowledge desc ibed in
he conside ed p o ile. Mo eo e , he NIST NICE wo k oles ela ed
o he ack a e also p o ided.
Each ack was designed using bo h he Cu icula Designe and
he Cybe secu i y P o ile applica ions allowing, espec i ely, he
mapping o NIST NICE amewo k and ENISA ECSF amewo ks.
DJM-CYBER: A Join Mas e in Ad anced Cybe secu i y ARES 2023, Augus 29–Sep embe 01, 2023, Bene en o, I aly
Figu e 1: S uc u e o DJM-CYBER s udy p og am. C edi s o he empla e o Slidesgo and F eepik.
In case o T ack 1, a i s we ocus on cou ses co e ing hose
REWIRE skills ha he Cybe secu i y A chi ec and Cybe secu-
i y Implemen e p o iles ha e in common, i.e., "Da a Secu i y",
"En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as uc u e Design", "In o ma ion
Secu i y Con ols Assessmen ", "Ope a ing Sys ems", and "So wa e
De elopmen ". Fo ins ance, "En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as-
uc u e Design" is co e ed in "Cybe secu i y A chi ec u e and
Ope a ions" (EUC) and "Mobile Ne wo k Communica ion Sys ems"
(BUT) subjec s. Then we ied o each ou he emaining skills.
The main REWIRE skills, allowing he co ela ion be ween cou ses
and ENISA p o iles, o each subjec a e lis ed below in he acks
desc ip ions. We e e o Sec ions 4.1 and 4.2 o mo e de ails on
he ools.
Acco dingly, ou DJM-CYBER mas e p o ides g adua es wi h
a wide ange o ca ee oppo uni ies in a ious sec o s, such as
go e nmen , inance, heal hca e, SMEs and echnology indus y.
G adua es will be well-p epa ed o a leas he ollowing oles: Cy-
be secu i y Implemen e ; Cybe secu i y A chi ec ; Cybe secu i y
Resea che ; Digi al Fo ensics In es iga o ; Cybe Inciden Respon-
de ; Cybe Th ea In elligence Specialis ; Cybe Legal, Policy &
Compliance O ice ; Chie In o ma ion Secu i y O ice and Cybe -
secu i y Risk Manage .
We ecognize he impo ance o specializa ion in a mas e deg ee
and, he e o e, elec i e cou ses a e p o ided whene e possible.
Howe e , a s ong backg ound is also i al o co e he p o ile skills
and knowledge. Acco dingly, elec i e cou ses can be added o he
ack a e he basic knowledge is achie ed. Following he need
o in eg a ion each uni e si y p o ides elec i e language cou ses.
In e nships and summe schools a e no manda o y in his p og am.
Bo h summe schools and in e nships a e bene icial o s uden s,
hus hey will be inco po a ed in he u u e ei he by pa ne s o he
p ojec o by associa ed pa ne s. Summe schools will be a ailable
a he end o e e y academy yea and in e nships du ing he second
yea o s udy.
T ack 1. Cybe secu i y Design and De elopmen . This ack is
join ly p o ided by he Eu opean Uni e si y Cyp us (EUC) and
B no Uni e si y o Technology (BUT) uni e si ies. In he i s yea ,
s uden s en ich hei knowledge in cybe secu i y go e nance, e hi-
cal hacking, and da a p o ec ion. In he second yea , c yp og aphy,
IoT, and ne wo ks a e he main ocus o his ack. The cou ses
a e in e connec ed o e he yea s. Fo ins ance, ollowing “Da a
P i acy in he E a o Da a Mining and AI“ cou se, he s uden will
be in oduced o da a p i acy om a legal and economic poin
o iew whe eas wi h “Mode n C yp og aphy“ and “Pa allel Da a
P ocessing“ cou ses hey will s udy he same opic in c yp og aphy-
and machine lea ning-o ien ed way. Figu e 2 shows he le el o
mul idisciplina i y in T ack 1. The SPARTA Cu icula Designe
was deployed in he analysis. A las , T ack 1 passes he SPARTA
p ac ical lec u e limi wi h a 64% sco e.
Semes e 1 (EUC, 30 ECTS) consis s o h ee compulso y cou ses:
•
In oduc ion o Cybe secu i y (Comp., 10 ECTS) Main skill(s)
acqui ed: Da a Secu i y.
•
Cybe secu i y Policy, Go e nance, Law and Compliance
(Comp., 10 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Policy De elop-
men , and Law, Policy, and E hics skills.
•
Communica ions and Ne wo k Secu i y (Comp., 10 ECTS)
Main skill(s) acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k
Secu i y and Th ea Analysis.

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Figu e 2: Cu icula Designe analysis o T ack 1.
Semes e 2 (EUC, 30 ECTS) includes wo compulso y cou ses (20
ECTS) and one elec i e cou se (10 ECTS) o choose among h ee
possibili ies:
•
Cybe secu i y A chi ec u e and Ope a ions (Comp., 10 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: Risk Managemen , Tes ing and E al-
ua ion, Inciden Managemen , En e p ise A chi ec u e and
In as uc u e Design, and Da a Secu i y.
•
E hical Hacking and Pene a ion Tes ing (Comp., 10 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: Tes ing and E alua ion, and Law, Pol-
icy, and E hics.
•
Da a P i acy in he E a o Da a Mining and AI (Elec ., 10
ECTS) This cou se has as main key skills: Da a P i acy, Da a
Secu i y, and Da a Analysis.
•
Cybe secu i y Risk Analysis and Managemen (Elec ., 10
ECTS) Main skill(s) acqui ed: Risk Managemen , and Tes ing
and E alua ion.
•
Inciden Response and Fo ensic Analysis (Elec ., 10 ECTS)
Main skill(s) acqui ed: Inciden Managemen , and Digi al
Fo ensics.
Semes e 3 (BUT, 30 ECTS) consis s o i e compulso y cou ses
(25 ECTS) and one elec i e cou se (5 ECTS) o choose among h ee
possibili ies:
•
Mobile Ne wo k Communica ion Sys ems (Comp., 6 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k
Secu i y, En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as uc u e Design,
and Ne wo k Managemen .
•
Founda ion o C yp og aphy (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s)
acqui ed: Da a Secu i y, In o ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k
Secu i y, and Collabo a e and Communica e.
•
Mode n C yp og aphy (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) ac-
qui ed: Da a Secu i y, Da a P i acy, So wa e De elopmen ,
P oblem sol ing and C i ical Thinking.
•
Pa allel Da a P ocessing (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) ac-
qui ed: Da a Analysis, So wa e De elopmen , and In o ma-
ion Sys ems and Ne wo k Secu i y.
•
Semes al Thesis (Comp., 1 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
So wa e De elopmen , P oblem sol ing and C i ical Think-
ing, and Technology Fluency.
•
Da a S uc u es and Algo i hms (Elec . 5 ECTS). Main skill(s)
acqui ed: Da a Analysis, and So wa e De elopmen .
•
Mode n Ne wo k Technologies (Elec ., 5 ECTS). Main skill(s)
acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k Secu i y, and
Ne wo k Managemen .
•
Op ical Ne wo ks (Elec ., 5 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
In o ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k Secu i y, and Ne wo k
Managemen .
Semes e 4 (BUT, 30 ECTS): Diploma Thesis (Comp., 30 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: So wa e De elopmen , P oblem sol ing and
C i ical Thinking, and Technology Fluency.
T ack 2. In as uc u e Secu i y and Resilience. This ack is
join ly implemen ed by he Uni e si y o Mu cia (UMU) and Po-
li ecnico di Milano (POLIMI). In he i s yea , s uden s en ich hei
knowledge in cybe secu i y law and managemen , secu i y, p i-
acy, e hical hacking and malwa e echnologies. In he second yea ,
s uden s ge acquain ed wi h da a science, neu al ne wo ks and
deep lea ning, cybe c ime and compu e e hics. Figu e 3 shows he
mul idisciplina i y assessmen o T ack 2 measu ed in he SPARTA
Cu icula Designe . T ack 2 also passes he SPARTA limi o p ac i-
cal lec u e achie ing a 79% o hem.
Figu e 3: Cu icula Designe analysis o T ack 2.
Semes e 1 consis s o 6 manda o y cou ses (UMU, 30 ECTS):
•
E hical Hacking (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
Th ea Analysis, and Law, Policy, and E hics.
•
Techniques o he Managemen o he Cybe secu i y (Comp.,
6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and
Ne wo k Secu i y, Business Con inui y, Iden i y Manage-
men , and Risk Managemen .
•
Cybe De ense (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: In o -
ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k Secu i y, En e p ise A chi ec-
u e and In as uc u e Design, and Inciden Managemen .
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Cybe secu i y and Communica ions (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main
skill(s) acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k Secu i y,
Inciden Managemen , and Ne wo k Managemen .
•
C yp og aphy (Comp., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Da a
Secu i y.
•
Inno a ion and En ep eneu ship Semina (Comp., 3 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: P oblem sol ing and C i ical Thinking,
and Technology Fluency.
Semes e 2 consis s o i e manda o y cou se and ou elec i e
cou ses o choose om (UMU, 30 ECTS) :
•
Cybe Secu i y Lab (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
P oblem sol ing and C i ical Thinking, and Inciden Man-
agemen .
•
5G and IoT and Cybe -physical sys ems secu i y (Elec ., 6
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Ne wo k Managemen , and
Physical De ice Secu i y.
•
So wa e Secu i y & Secu e So wa e li ecycle (Comp., 3
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: So wa e De elopmen , Inci-
den Managemen , and Da a Secu i y.
•
AAI Au hen ica ion and Au ho iza ion In as uc u es (Comp.,
3 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Iden i y Managemen , and
En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as uc u e Design.
•
Ad anced Techniques in Cybe In elligence (Elec ., 6 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: In elligence Analysis.
•
Cybe secu i y and Law (Comp., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s) ac-
qui ed: Da a P i acy, En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as uc-
u e Design.
•
Dis ibu ed Sys ems Secu i y (Elec ., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s)
acqui ed: In o ma ion Secu i y Con ols Assessmen .
•
Ha dwa e Secu i y (Elec ., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
In o ma ion Secu i y Con ols Assessmen and Da a Secu-
i y.
•
Malwa e & A ack Technologies (Comp., 3 ECTS). Main
skill(s) acqui ed: Tes ing and E alua ion.
Semes e 3 consis s o 2 manda o y cou ses and 6 elec i e cou ses
o choose om (POLIMI, 30 ECTS):
•
O ensi e and De ensi e Cybe secu i y (Comp., 5 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k
Secu i y.
•
Da a Science and Secu i y o Mobili y (Elec ., 10 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k
Secu i y, and Physical De ice Secu i y.
•
Resilience o C i ical In as uc u es (Elec ., 5 ECTS). Main
skill(s) acqui ed: En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as uc u e
Design.
•
C yp og aphy and A chi ec u es o Compu e Secu i y (Elec .,
5 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Da a Secu i y, and En e p ise
A chi ec u e and In as uc u e Design.
•
Digi al Fo ensics and Cybe c ime (Comp., 5 ECTS). Main
skill(s) acqui ed: Digi al Fo ensics.
•
Sa e y in Au oma ion Sys ems (Elec ., 5 ECTS). Main skill(s)
acqui ed: Th ea Analysis.
•
Compu e E hics (Elec ., 5 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Law,
Policy, and E hics.
•
A i icial Neu al Ne wo ks and Deep Lea ning (Elec ., 5
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Da a Analysis.
Semes e 4 (POLIMI, 30 ECTS): Thesis consul a ion (Comp., 30
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: So wa e De elopmen , P oblem sol -
ing and C i ical Thinking, and Technology Fluency.
T ack 3. Secu i y and Cybe In elligence. This ack is join ly p o-
ided by he Uni e si y o Mu cia, Spain (UMU) and Eö ös Lo ánd
Uni e si y, Hunga y (ELTE). In he i s yea , s uden s en ich hei
knowledge in cybe secu i y law and managemen , secu i y, p i-
acy, e hical hacking and malwa e echnologies. In he second yea ,
s uden s ocus on ad anced c yp og aphy, he secu i y aspec s
o Machine Lea ning/A i icial In elligence (ML/AI), open-sou ce
da a analysis echnologies and s eam mining, he eby acqui ing a
b ead h o knowledge in a ious ele an opics in cybe secu i y
and a mo e ocused skillse in secu i y da a analy ics necessa y o
a leas he ollowing ENISA ECSF oles: Cybe Th ea In elligence
Specialis ; Cybe Legal, Policy & Compliance O ice; and Cybe se-
cu i y A chi ec . 4 shows he mul idisciplina i y sco e o T ack 3
measu ed wi h he SPARTA Cu icula Designe . T ack 3 also passes
he SPARTA limi o p ac ical lec u es achie ing a 77% sco e.
Figu e 4: Cu icula Designe analysis o T ack 3.
Semes e 1 consis s o 6 manda o y cou ses (UMU, 30 ECTS):
•
E hical Hacking (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
Th ea Analysis, and Law, Policy, and E hics.
•
Techniques o he Managemen o he Cybe secu i y (Comp.,
6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and
Ne wo k Secu i y, Business Con inui y, Iden i y Manage-
men , and Risk Managemen .
•
Cybe De ense (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: In o -
ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k Secu i y, En e p ise A chi ec-
u e and In as uc u e Design, and Inciden Managemen .
•
Cybe secu i y and Communica ions (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main
skill(s) acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k Secu i y,
Inciden Managemen , and Ne wo k Managemen .
•
C yp og aphy (Comp., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Da a
Secu i y.
•
Inno a ion and En ep eneu ship Semina (Comp., 3 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: P oblem sol ing and C i ical Thinking,
and Technology Fluency.
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Semes e 2 consis s o i e manda o y cou ses and ou elec i e
cou ses o choose om (UMU, 30 ECTS):
•
Cybe Secu i y Lab (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
P oblem sol ing and C i ical Thinking, and Inciden Man-
agemen .
•
5G and IoT and Cybe -physical sys ems secu i y (Elec ., 6
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Ne wo k Managemen , and
Physical De ice Secu i y.
•
So wa e Secu i y & Secu e So wa e li ecycle (Comp., 3
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: So wa e De elopmen , Inci-
den Managemen , and Da a Secu i y.
•
AAI Au hen ica ion and Au ho iza ion In as uc u es (Comp.,
3 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Iden i y Managemen , and
En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as uc u e Design.
•
Ad anced Techniques in Cybe In elligence (Elec ., 6 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: In elligence Analysis.
•
Cybe secu i y and Law (Comp., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s) ac-
qui ed: Da a P i acy, En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as uc-
u e Design.
•
Ad anced aspec s o Cybe secu i y Managemen (Elec ., 3
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Business con inui y, Th ea
Analysis, and In elligence Analysis.
•
Human Fac o s and P i acy & Online Righ s (Elec ., 3 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: Law, Policy, and E hics.
•
Malwa e & A ack Technologies (Comp., 3 ECTS). Main
skill(s) acqui ed: Tes ing and E alua ion.
Semes e 3 consis s o one compulso y cou se and 6 elec i e
cou ses o choose om (ELTE, 30 ECTS):
•
Cybe Secu i y Lab II (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
Th ea Analysis, and In elligence Analysis.
•
Da a Science Lab II (Op ., 6 ECTS).Main skill(s) acqui ed:
Da a Science and Analy ics, In o ma ion and Knowledge
Managemen , Documen a ion P oduc ion.
•
Ad anced c yp og aphy (Elec ., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) ac-
qui ed: Da a Secu i y.
•
Da a Secu i y (Elec ., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Da a
Secu i y, Da a P i acy, Da a Science and Analy ics, and In-
elligence Analysis.
•
In oduc ion o Da a Science (Elec ., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s)
acqui ed: Da a Science and Analy ics
•
Open-sou ce echnologies o eal- ime da a analy ics (Elec .,
6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: En e p ise A chi ec u e and
In as uc u e Design, Technology Fluency, Technology T end
Moni o ing.
•
S eam mining (Elec ., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Th ea
Analysis, and In elligence Analysis.
Semes e 4 (ELTE, 30 ECTS): Thesis Consul a ion (Comp., 30
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: So wa e De elopmen , P oblem sol -
ing and C i ical Thinking, and Technology Fluency.
T ack 4. Cybe secu i y Ope a ions and Managemen . This ack
is join ly implemen ed by he Uni e si y o Mu cia, Spain (UMU)
and he Eu opean Uni e si y Cyp us (EUC). In he i s yea , s u-
den s en ich hei knowledge in cybe secu i y law and manage-
men , secu i y, p i acy, e hical hacking and malwa e echnologies.
In he second yea , s uden s deepen hei knowledge in a ious
aspec s o cybe secu i y (managemen , policy, law, o a chi ec u e).
5 shows he mul idisciplina i y assessmen o T ack 4 measu ed in
he SPARTA Cu icula Designe . T ack 4 also passes he SPARTA
limi o p ac ical lec u e achie ing a 55% sco e.
Figu e 5: Cu icula Designe analysis o T ack 4.
Semes e 1 consis s o 6 manda o y cou ses (UMU, 30 ECTS):
•
E hical Hacking (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
Th ea Analysis, and Law, Policy, and E hics.
•
Techniques o he Managemen o he Cybe secu i y (Comp.,
6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and
Ne wo k Secu i y, Business Con inui y, Iden i y Manage-
men , and Risk Managemen .
•
Cybe De ense (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: In o -
ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k Secu i y, En e p ise A chi ec-
u e and In as uc u e Design, and Inciden Managemen .
•
Cybe secu i y and Communica ions (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main
skill(s) acqui ed: In o ma ion Sys ems and Ne wo k Secu i y,
Inciden Managemen , and Ne wo k Managemen .
•
C yp og aphy (Comp., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Da a
Secu i y.
•
Inno a ion and En ep eneu ship Semina (Comp., 3 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: P oblem sol ing and C i ical Thinking,
and Technology Fluency.
Semes e 2 consis s o one manda o y cou se and 10 elec i e
cou ses o choose om (UMU, 30 ECTS):
•
Cybe Secu i y Lab (Comp., 6 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
P oblem sol ing and C i ical Thinking, and Inciden Man-
agemen .
•
5G and IoT and Cybe -physical sys ems secu i y (Elec ., 6
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Ne wo k Managemen , and
Physical De ice Secu i y.
•
So wa e Secu i y & Secu e So wa e li ecycle (Comp., 3
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: So wa e De elopmen , Inci-
den Managemen , and Da a Secu i y.
•
AAI Au hen ica ion and Au ho iza ion In as uc u es (Comp.,
3 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Iden i y Managemen , and
En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as uc u e Design.
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Ad anced Techniques in Cybe In elligence (Elec ., 6 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: In elligence Analysis.
•
Cybe secu i y and Law (Comp., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s) ac-
qui ed: Da a P i acy, En e p ise A chi ec u e and In as uc-
u e Design.
•
Ad anced aspec s o Cybe secu i y Managemen (Elec ., 3
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Business con inui y, Th ea
Analysis, and In elligence Analysis
•
Dis ibu ed Sys ems Secu i y (Elec ., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s)
acqui ed: In o ma ion Secu i y Con ols Assessmen .
•
Ha dwa e Secu i y (Elec ., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed:
In o ma ion Secu i y Con ols Assessmen and Da a Secu-
i y.
•
Human Fac o s and P i acy & Online Righ s (Elec ., 3 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: Law, Policy, and E hics.
•
Malwa e & A ack Technologies (Elec ., 3 ECTS). Main skill(s)
acqui ed: Tes ing and E alua ion.
Semes e 3 consis s o h ee manda o y cou ses (EUC, 30 ECTS):
•
Cybe secu i y A chi ec u e & Ope a ions (Comp., 10 ECTS).
Main skill(s) acqui ed: Risk Managemen , Tes ing and E al-
ua ion, Inciden Managemen , En e p ise A chi ec u e and
In as uc u e Design, and Da a Secu i y.
•
Cybe secu i y Policy, Go e nance, Law and Compliance
(Comp., 10 ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Policy De elop-
men , and Law, Policy, and E hics skills.
•
Cybe secu i y Risk Analysis and Managemen (Comp., 10
ECTS). Main skill(s) acqui ed: Risk Managemen , and Tes ing
and E alua ion.
Semes e 4 (EUC, 30 ECTS): Thesis (Comp., 30 ECTS). Main skill(s)
acqui ed: So wa e De elopmen , P oblem sol ing and C i ical
Thinking, and Technology Fluency.
6 CONCLUSIONS
I is a well-known ac ha he wo ldwide wo k o ce gap in cy-
be secu i y is measu ed in millions o missing expe s. Tackling
his challenge is no an easy ask. One signi ican aspec o he
mix u e o app oaches a e highly ailo ed, no el s udy p og ammes
o e ed ei he by single uni e si ies o join p og ammes p o ided
by highe educa ion conso ia consis ing o mul iple uni e si ies
and/o colleges. Ensu ing ha any new s udy p og amme will mee
he equi emen s o he job ma ke is i sel a daun ing ask, which
is o una ely made easie ia publicly a ailable skills amewo ks
like he ENISA’s Eu opean Cybe secu i y F amewo k (ECSF) o
he Na ional Ins i u e o Science and Technology’s (NIST) NICE
Compe encies F amewo k.
The goal o his pape was o desc ibe a me hodology allowing
single uni e si ies o highe educa ion conso ia o selec he bes
eely a ailable ools which migh aid hem in he design and con-
inuous de elopmen o no el cybe secu i y s udy p og ammes. We
desc ibed he mos ele an EU-le el p ojec s and he aluable ools
de eloped by hem. We also ouched he mos ele an skills ame-
wo ks, namely by desc ibing he abo e-men ioned ECSF and NICE
CF. Finally, we u ilized he p esen ed se o ools and amewo ks o
design and assess a join mas e -le el s udy p og amme de eloped
by a conso ium o i e Eu opean uni e si ies and s uc u ed in o
ou ma kedly di e en s udy acks. We measu ed he co e age o
he mos ele an skills and sco ed he acks’ p ac icali y.
Ou p oposal p o ides a clea and ecognized ecosys em consis -
ing o ools and amewo k o he de elopmen o cybe secu i y
compe encies and skills, ensu ing ha g adua es a e well-equipped
o mee he demands o he cybe secu i y wo k o ce in Eu ope and
beyond. I also p o ide a common language and e e ence poin
o employe s, educa o s, and s uden s, acili a ing communica ion,
s anda diza ion, and consis ency in cybe secu i y educa ion and
aining ac oss Eu ope.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The ollowing unding sou ces a e g a e ully acknowledged: he
ERASMUS+ E asmus Mundus Design Measu es (EMDM) p og amme
o he Eu opean Union (g an 1701-EPP-1-2020-1-LT-EPPKA2-SSA-
B ’DJM-CYBER’), he ERASMUS+ Sec o Skills Alliance (SSA) p o-
g amme o he Eu opean Union (g an 621701-EPP-1-2020-1-LT-
EPPKA2-SSA-B ’REWIRE’), and P ojec no. TKP2021-NVA-29 which
has been implemen ed wi h he suppo p o ided by he Minis y o
Cul u e and Inno a ion o Hunga y om he Na ional Resea ch, De-
elopmen and Inno a ion Fund, inanced unde he TKP2021-NVA
unding scheme.
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