Study programme	Cybersecurity Engineering
Higher Education Institution	Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
Study field	Information Technology, Computer Hardware, Electronics, Telecommunications, Computer Management, and Computer Science

Code of the study programme in accordance with the Latvian Education Classification	47483
EQF/LQF Level	7
Study Programme Type	Otrā līmeņa profesionālā augstākā izglītība (profesionālā maģistra grāds vai piektā līmeņa profesionālā kvalifikācija un profesionālā maģistra grāds), īstenojama pēc bakalaura, profesionālā bakalaura grāda vai piektā līmeņa profesionālās kvalifikācijas ieguves. Studiju ilgums pilna laika studijās vismaz viens gads. Kopējais pilna laika studiju ilgums pieci gadi
Study programme (short name)	Professional master study programme
Thematic group	Datorsistēmas, datubāzes un datortīkli
ISCED code	0612
ISCED	Datorsistēmas, datubāzes un datortīkli
Credit points	80
Degree to be acquired	Professional Master's Degree in Cybersecurity Engineering
Qualification to be obtained	-
Study type and form	Full time studies
Study lenght	2 years
Language	latvian; english

Licence number	04031-25
Licence date	13.06.2018
Licenced till

Accreditation page number	Netiek izsniegta
Accreditation date	25.10.2023
Accreditation duration (in years)	6
Accreditation till	26.10.2029

KNOWLEDGE: 
1. knowledge of cyber defence and information security policies, procedures and regulations.  
2. Knowledge of the systems engineering process. 
3. Knowledge of ethical hacking principles and techniques. 

SKILLS: 
4. The skills to determine how a security implementation should work (including system resilience and reliability), and the skills to determine how changes in operations or the environment may affect it. 
5. the skills to implement, maintain and improve existing web security mechanisms 
6. the ability to apply security testing tools and techniques. 

COMPETENCES:
7. Competence to understand and apply laws, regulations, policies and guidelines that are relevant to the organisation's cyber security objectives. 
8. Competence to apply best practices in implementing security controls that incorporate software development methodologies, systems and security development principles, secure design, secure architecture and secure programming guidelines. 
9. Competence to evaluate the effectiveness of security controls at management, operational and technical levels. In addition, to assess whether controls are implemented correctly and whether they fulfil their intended purpose based on the defined security requirements.