Project duration: December 1, 2013 - July 1, 2017.
Within the framework of this project, the partners of Khmelnytskyi National University are Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn (Estonia), City University (UK), Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (Bulgaria), National Interuniversity Consortium for Informatics (Italy), National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute" named after M.E. Zhukovsky (Ukraine), Sevastopol Institute of Banking of the University of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine (Ukraine), Ivan Pusa Ternopil National Technical University (Ukraine), Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport (Ukraine), East Ukrainian National University named after Volodymyr Dal, Institute of Technology (Ukraine), State Institute of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (Ukraine), Research and Production Corporation "RADIO" (Ukraine), Ukrainian Federation of Information of Security (Ukraine), Ukrainian Student Association (Ukraine), LLC "Lime Systems" (Ukraine), Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Project goal and objectives:
The project's primary goal is to train a new generation of engineering and research personnel capable of providing constructive development in cybersecurity assessment and assurance. The implementation of this goal will contribute to the fulfillment of the requirement of Ukrainian society to respond to cybersecurity challenges in various fields of application. These areas will be covered by the developed master's, PhD and advanced training programs for industry representatives: Human (population; country), Business (banking; web and e-business; telecommunications), Security-critical technologies (aviation; space; nuclear power plants; power grids; railways).
Specific Objectives:
- To modernize the cybersecurity and resilience program for master's degree programs;
- To update the cybersecurity and resilience program for postgraduate students (PhD);
- To develop an advanced training program on cybersecurity and resilience - three modules;
- To establish a National Information Security Alliance for training and consulting in the field of cybersecurity assessment and management;
- To implement a comprehensive capacity development scheme for the involved faculty of 7 Ukrainian universities.
Areas of activity in the frames of the project:
- Development of a master's degree program in cybersecurity and resilience;
- Development of a PhD program in cybersecurity and resilience;
- Establishment of the National Alliance for Information Security;
- Improving the English language skills of the partnership members;
- Implementation of a capacity-building scheme for 7 Ukrainian universities;
- Internal actions to disseminate information about the project.
Expected results:
- Five courses of the master's program in cybersecurity and resilience were developed and successfully implemented.
- Three courses of the PhD program in cybersecurity and resilience are developed and effectively implemented.
- A professional development program on cybersecurity and resilience has been developed.
- National Alliance for Information Security was established, and advice on cybersecurity assessment and management was provided.
- A capacity development scheme has been implemented for the involved academic staff from 7 Ukrainian universities.
The project coordinator is Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia. The project coordinator from the university is the Head of the KISP Department, PhD, Associate Professor Tetyana Hovorushchenko.