Master of Science in Enterprise and IT Security (ENITS)

In the three-semester Master's degree programme Enterprise and IT Security, you will gain knowledge in IT security and organisational enterprise security. More and more companies and authorities lack experts in the area of enterprise and IT security, who need to be familiar with often highly complex processes and who provide well-founded security solutions. In the course of the programme, you will both gain thorough practical experience and improve your scientific-academic skills. Besides the purely technical aspects of protecting IT systems, the organisational and legal framework conditions receive more focused attention as well. You will discuss relevant current security questions in small groups and directly apply and evaluate them in the lab. Graduates of the Enterprise and IT Security Master's degree programme are among the most sought-after specialists in IT. Moreover, in the foreseeable future the demand for experts in this field is expected to exceed the supply many times over. Technical IT Security – The Technical IT Security part of the programme addresses areas such as software security, mobile security, applied cryptanalysis, data mining, and security aspects for ubiquitous systems. You will learn about specific procedures of modern cryptanalysis and selected anonymisation technologies. Moreover, you will acquire expertise in system security and the vulnerability of current mobile devices, and become able to assess the security level of a given architecture. For hackers or pentesters, the breaking of given cryptographic building blocks is gaining importance. When designing secure IT systems, it is thus of tantamount importance to be familiar with such approaches as well. In an advanced practical project, you will also work in a team and apply your theoretical knowledge in a professional setting, based on current research. Organisational Enterprise Security – In Organisational Enterprise Security, you will deal with current issues of international and national risk and security as well as applied problems of compliance and economic ethics. Furthermore, you will acquire knowledge and skills in quantitative methods of enterprise, risk, and security management. You will also work with analysis software and optimisation and simulation models. Ethics and Law – The Ethics and Law part of the programme will enable you to understand, analyse, and assess current ethical problems related to information technology. You will learn to make informed decisions, and you be able to debate and defend your positions. You will understand the relevant laws and regulations and evaluate their consequences for enterprises, including the legal means to review the security of their IT systems.