101082683 Generated on: Oct 4, 2023

Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action Type: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master

Project Title

CyberMACS - Master of Applied Cybersecurity

Project Coordinator

Organisation KADIR HAS UNIVERSITESI

Address KADIR HAS AVENUE , 34230 Istanbul , TR

Project Information

Identifier 101082683

Start Date Oct 1, 2022

End Date Nov 30, 2028

EC Contribution 5,484,000 EUR

Partners Ss. CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY IN SKOPJE (MK) , SRH

HOCHSCHULEN BERLIN GMBH (DE)

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Project Summary

Dramatic rise in cyber-attacks has made cybersecurity a major concern for the world. It is estimated that
cybercrime cost world economy about a $1 trillion in 2020. In February 2021, a cyber-attack targeted a water
treatment facility in Florida to change chemical levels in water supply. In May 2021, ransomware attack targeted
the largest fuel pipeline in the USA. Cyber-attacks come in all shapes including worldwide data breaches,
affecting both companies and people. For instance, a social media app cyber-attack resulted with 1.3 million
users’ information leakage. Changing landscape of cybersecurity threats requires urgent need for comprehensive,
dynamic, and applied cybersecurity education to qualify cybersecurity professionals for prevention, mitigation,
and management of threats. CyberMACS proposes a full time 2-year joint European MSc programme (120
ECTS) focusing on “Applied Cybersecurity” to provide solid background within cybersecurity with focus on
educating future cybersecurity experts to detect, prevent, mitigate, and manage cyber-attacks. Students will be
trained on basics of cybersecurity in first year, then opportunities will be provided for specialization in the second
year with compulsory following the winter/summer schools as well as compulsory internship. Besides
specialization tracks, students will receive training in soft skills such as entrepreneurship and complete their
degrees with master theses. To guarantee CyberMACS’s vision of high-quality education, three European higher
educational institutions combine their complementary competencies: Kadir Has University (KHAS), SRH Berlin
University of Applied Sciences (SRH-Berlin), and Ss. Cyril and Methodius University-Skopje, Macedonia
(UKIM/FCSE). CyberMACS is a strong institutional cooperation for European excellence in higher education with
a high level integrated & transnational study programme on applied cybersecurity targeting best students
worldwide.

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