The security group of the "Dipartimento di Informatica" at Università di Roma - "La Sapienza" offers the following two programs as a continuing education option for professionals from industry and government organizations.
Successful completion of programs (theoretical concepts and on-hand laboratory experience) empowers a professional to understand, implement and take corrective measures for securing IT infrastructures. Such professionals will form a good humanware that will contribute and coordinate effectively in the security process of an organization.
As the initiative is directed towards working professionals who want to build an expertise in information and system security without taking a break from work, both programs are part-time (Friday - afternoon, Saturday - morning) and run for a duration of one year. This arrangement also allows roping in security experts from industry willing to share their expertise and case studies, on a part-time basis.
Eligibility: Perspective candidates should be under-graduates in any of the following - Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics; or an under-graduate in other disciplines with competence in information systems having more than one year of work experience. Candidates are expected to have the knowledge/experience of computer programming, database systems, and operating systems. One might acquire it through under-graduate university level courses or through the professional work experience. Candidates seeking admission to "Master in IT Security and Management" should have a graduate degree in above mentioned disciplines.
Organization of programs: Each course involves 300 hours of teaching by professors from the Departimento di Informatica and experts from industry. Application of the expertise acquired by students in the classroom forms another half of the program and assessment will be done through a project work. In the course of these programs one may have a flexible combination of the following - class-room teaching, analysis of significant case-studies with the help of professors, attending relevant seminars/conferences, and presentation of professional experiences in managing humanware and legal aspects involved in security process. Students will be regularly adjudged through examinations.
These programs will be carried out in the premises of the Dipartimento di Informatica and students have to maintain at least 80% attendance. Certain modules of these programs are also availed under our e-learning initiative.
Project Work: Students are required to undertake a project to utilize their security expertise. The theme of project work should be discussed with the experts conducting the course and will be subsequently summarized into a report - Master's thesis. Students will be encouraged to undertake a project theme that is relevant to its employer's security requirements and shall seek active participation of its employer in the program.
Certifications: Past editions of these programs have actively helped students to qualify the following professional certificate examinations:
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