Cyber ​​Security (English) (Thesis)

The language of education for the Cyber ​​Security Thesis Master's Program, which will start accepting students in the Fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year, is English.

Our focus is to provide an education in line with international standards by offering as many theoretical and practical courses as possible in the field of Cyber ​​Security. This program aims to provide students with competence in the fields of cryptography, cryptanalysis, network and information security, malware analysis, penetration testing, data privacy and cybersecurity law.

At the end of the education, students who meet the conditions specified in the Istinye University Postgraduate Education and Training Regulation and successfully complete their credit courses and master's thesis are awarded a Cyber ​​Security master's degree. 

Purpose of the Program

While rapid developments in information and communication technologies make access to information easier and our daily lives more comfortable, they also bring security vulnerabilities. These technologies, which have become strategic tools for critical infrastructure sectors such as finance, telecommunications, energy, water management and transportation, need to provide services in secure cyber environments against all kinds of threats and attacks that may come from outside. Cyber ​​risks and threats, which have increased both qualitatively and quantitatively simultaneously with technological developments, have reached dimensions that need to be taken into consideration in terms of public security and state stability both in our country and in the world. In this context, ensuring national cyber security has become one of the priority issues for our country. 

One of the strategic goals determined within the scope of the 2020-2023 Cyber ​​Security Strategy and Action Plan vision, which aims to further advance the gains achieved following the National Cyber ​​Security Strategy and Action Plans covering the years 2013-2014 and 2016-2019, is to strengthen human resources. Within the scope of this goal, it is aimed to popularize programs in cyber security and related fields at universities and to increase the level of expertise of personnel working in the fight against cyber crimes. In line with this goal, the purpose of the Cyber ​​Security Master's Program proposed to be opened within the Istinye University Graduate Education Institute is to increase the knowledge of undergraduate graduates working in the field of information systems and security on information security, to ensure that they gain academic research discipline, and to train the required security experts by providing them with the competence sought by the public and private sectors in this field.