B.Sc. in Cyber Security

Advantage

Tie-ups with Industry bodies like NASSCOM, Amazon Education Service, Eduskills, National Cyber Safety & Security Standards and other institutions facilitate industry-oriented learning.
State-of-the-art Hardware and Software Labs offer students hands-on training AZURE, PYTHON, MySQL, Tableau, Big Data, and more.
Employability Skill Enhancement is facilitated through the provision for pursuing online courses offered by the National Programme for Technology Enabled Learning (NPTEL).
Centres of Excellence contribute to the holistic development of students through unique programmes and initiatives in areas such as creative and performing arts, innovation and entrepreneurship, sports and wellness, social action and more.
Mentoring by leading academicians with national and international acclaim, teachers with cumulative industry experience of 50+ years, and rich academic exposure
Opportunity to gain industry experience by working on Industry Relevant Live Projects, 50+ case studies and assignments
Strategic Partnerships with important bodies give students access to guided analytics learning, webinars, masterclasses, workshops and certification programs.
- Analytics Society of India: Our collaboration with the Analytics Society of India at DCAL, IIM Bangalore, has led to the establishment of the Analytics Society of India, Kolkata Chapter, to provide guided analytics learning, webinars, masterclasses, workshops, and certification for students and professionals.
- CDAC: The collaboration brings students the opportunities to attend CDAC conducted certificate courses on Information Technology.
- Celonis: Celonis offers learning opportunities on their cutting edge business process mining solutions.
- Subex IoT: Subex offers workshops on smart technology using IoT devices. The workshops provide students hands-on learning experience in developing IoT solutions.
- Amazon Educational Services: The collaboration offers students self-paced training and resources on Amazon clouds service (AWS).
- Nasscom Future Skills Prime: This collaboration equips IT professionals and students with Intelligent Automation competencies, offering courses in AI, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity and more.
- Lincoln University: The collaboration provides final semester students of computer science to undertake a paid six months’ internship in Malaysia.
Scope to gain in-demand skills and experience through work-integrated learning opportunities, seminars, webinars, and programming boot camps

Key Facts
Scope & Career Opportunities
Course Details

Key Facts

DURATION

3 or 4 years

PROGRAMME TYPE

DEGREE AWARDED BY

MAKAUT

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY

10+2 passed in any stream from a recognized board. Candidates appearing for Class XII final can also apply.

ADMISSION PROCESS

To complete admission online, follow the steps below:

- Fill up the online application form
- Sit for ENPAT and personal interview
- Receive selection letter via e-mail
- Pay admission fees

FEE STRUCTURE

KOLKATA -B.Sc. - Cyber Security: INR 45,000 (fees per semester)

-*The fee structure is different for international students.*-

Scope & Career Opportunities

Some of the roles in the industry for Cyber Security professionals are

- Security Analyst
- Security Engineer
- Security Architect
- Security Administrator
- Security Software Developer
- Cryptographer/Cryptologist
- Cryptanalyst
- Information Security Officer

Success Stories

Ananya Kayal

Amazon

Rishita Ghosh

Experteez

Archita Sinha

Simran

TCS

Course Details

Course Details as follows -

Course Breakup

COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS
MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
ADVERTISING AND BRANDING DESIGN
INFORMATION SECURITY
ADVANCED CONCEPTS FOR CYBERSECURITY

Computing environment
fundamentals of computing environment, Operating systems and computer systems architecture.
Programming
programming fundamentals, C/C++ for basic algorithm development and networking, object oriented concepts and Python for machine learning
Database Management
RDBMS concepts and SQL programming.
Software engineering
software development lifecycle, methodologies like agile, analysis, testing, software sizing, and quality assessment.

Basic Mathematics
discrete Mathematics, linear algebra, algorithms design and data analysis.
Basic Statistics
Fundamentals of Statistics, Probability, and algorithmic computations

Advertising & Branding Design
Brand positioning, marketing mix, components, channels, processes, mediums, Integrated Marketing communication, strategic design, visual merchandising, retail design for brand promotion
Communication Design
creating desires and motivation, behaviors and responses, design psychology in communication, feedback, impact
Design portfolio
importance of portfolio, different types of portfolio, methodology and methods, systematic development of individual project portfolio.

Ethical Hacking
system vulnerabilities, system security, tools and techniques for ethical hacking
Vulnerability assessment
vulnerability assessment, tools and techniques for vulnerability testing.
Cryptography
cryptographic concepts, data encryption and protection.
Network security
network topologies, architectures and security considerations.
Malware analysis
different types of malware, malware attacks, tools and techniques to protect against malware.

Cyber Forensics
Fundamentals of computer forensics, forensic evidence, forensic reporting, law enforcement methodologies.
Artificial Intelligence
advances in artificial intelligence, smart gadgets, smart processes, smart systems, and machine learning.
Security of Digital Commerce
e-com, m-com, system architecture, security issues, intrusion protection techniques, case studies.