Cybersecurity

The mission of the Cybersecurity Bachelor’s program is to prepare university-educated experts capable of designing, operating, analyzing, and testing secure computer systems. The program is interdisciplinary, emphasizing the integration of computer science and technological aspects with the legal, political, and socio-organizational dimensions of security in the context of adversarial activities.

Graduates will be able to apply their computer science knowledge to secure systems developed, provided, or operated by organizations subject to regulation under relevant Czech laws and EU directives (specifically the Cybersecurity Act and NIS2). The curriculum includes practical courses and a mandatory internship, which familiarizes students with real-world practices within an organization. While the program follows a single study plan, it offers sufficient flexibility for students to choose elective courses based on their interests.

The goal of the program is to prepare graduates for professional roles, such as cybersecurity analysts and auditors, Security Operations Center staff, members of CSIRT/CERT teams, or cybersecurity trainers. Graduates are also fully prepared to pursue further education in a follow-up Master’s program.

Upon successful completion of the programme, the graduate is able to:

• immediately get a job and continually adapt to changing processes and technologies;
• work in positions related to the deployment and operation of secure IT systems and infrastructures in companies and organizations of various sectors such as IT, public administration, services, industry, healthcare;
• describe the fundamentals of artificial intelligence, select appropriate techniques for specific tasks, and identify opportunities and risks within the context of cybersecurity;
• understand the basic elements of computer systems, both hardware and software, with focus to their reliable operation and cybersecurity incl. their vulnerabilities and manages to install, set up, manage and operate these systems;
• explain and use fundamental techniques and technologies to ensure cybersecurity of entrusted IT systems and infrastructures;
• understand the ethical and legal principles of data handling, including commercially sensitive, restricted, and personal data, and apply these principles in specific procedures;
• describe the basic parameters of the legal environment in the cyberspace, identify legislative requirements for the organization's activities and for the relevant professional roles;
• explain and apply the basic principles of analysis, design, implementation and quality control of computer systems.
• describe the cyberattack lifecycle, demonstrate knowledge of frameworks and taxonomies of offensive actions, practically perform selected actions, analyze them, and implement defensive measures;
• understand the role and core services of an organization’s security team.

Graduates can get a job as system or network administrator, operators of Security Operations Centers, members of CSIRTs, lower or middle management of cybersecurity, or software engineers of secure IT applications and systems, but also as training workers or assistants to cybersecurity managers.

There is evidence of interest in up to hundreds of thousands of workers capable of performing cyber security professions in Europe. Demand has increased dramatically following the adoption of the European NIS2 Directive on a high level of cybersecurity in the Union with a focus on critical infrastructure. The forthcoming Network Code on Cybersecurity will work similarly. Further demand for security experts can be expected around the regulation of artificial intelligence in the EU.

In Bachelor thesis, the student is expected to demonstrate the ability to master selected security-relevant technology, secure a computer system, implement cybersecurity recommendations, deploy and configure a larger system, develop basic security analysis, describe risks in the organization and apply it in a particular organization.