Security Management of Informational and Communication Equipment and Systems
Razvan Craciunescu
Coordinator
Catalogue of disciplines
Overview
SMICES (Security Management of Informational and Communication Equipment and Systems) is a Master's program, in English, which prepares engineers capable of protecting communication and IT equipment and systems against attacks.
The programme starts from a simple reality: society is rapidly digitizing and cyber-attacks are becoming more frequent and varied. That's why we need specialists who know how to secure not just software, but also communications and equipment.
The program is built to cover the entire security chain: from analyzing problems and weaknesses, to using cryptography and secure protocols, to incident management and organizing work in a Security Operations Center (SOC).
SMICES combines areas such as electronics and telecommunications, information technology, cyber security and risk management.
The programme also has a strong practical part, through applied projects and activities (e.g. SOC project), and in the internal evaluation the disciplines related to AI, virtualization, SOC project and security of software/hardware/mobile systems are highlighted as strengths.
Who is it for?
SMICES is mainly addressed to undergraduates in the field of Engineering Sciences, especially in the fields of Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications and Information Technologies, Computer and Information Technology, Systems Engineering and Applied Engineering.
At the same time, the program is also open to graduates from other related technical majors (e.g. mathematics, physics, computer science or cybernetics), provided there is a solid foundation of technical skills and a clear motivation for the field of cybersecurity.
Through its interdisciplinary structure (electronics + telecommunications + IT + security), SMICES offers students from different backgrounds a coherent path, focused on both fundamentals (architectures, protocols, cryptography) and practice (projects, labs, SOC scenarios), so that graduates can work effectively in mixed teams, specific to modern organizations.
Objectives of the Master's programme
The overall objective of SMICES is to train graduates with advanced knowledge in cyber security, who can develop, implement and manage protection solutions for both software, hardware and communications.
The program aims to enable graduates to:
- Design security systems and architectures using cryptography, secure communication protocols and new technologies (e.g. AI, IoT, quantum communications).
- Set up and manage a SOC (security operations center) and contribute to incident detection and response.
- Apply international standards and rules when implementing security solutions.
Develop the ability to create modern solutions, including:
- solutions based on artificial intelligence and machine learning for attack detection/prevention,
- security protocols for wireless, IoT and quantum networks,
- operating advanced monitoring systems (such as SIEM - systems that collect and correlate alerts/logs).
Specialist skills offered to graduates
At the end, SMICES graduates can have a clear set of competences:
- Cryptography and security protocols: design and implementation of encryption algorithms for data and communication protection; validation of security protocols for wireless, IoT and quantum communications.
- Operational Security (SOC): setting up and managing a security operations center, using infrastructures for monitoring and incident response.
- Hardware security: development and implementation of solutions to protect equipment against physical attacks (i.e. protection of physical infrastructure components).
- Security for modern systems: using virtualization, cloud and software-defined infrastructures to secure complex systems.
- Security policies and procedures: developing internal strategies and rules, aligned with international standards and rules, to protect organizations and important systems.
- Incident management: planning and coordination of incident response activities, including the organization of incident response teams.
- Skills for research and innovation: participating in research projects, developing innovative solutions and publishing academic results (where appropriate).
In addition, the specific objectives also result in very concrete competences related to:
- AI/ML solutions for security,
- protocols for wireless/IoT/quantum,
- vulnerability analysis and remediation strategies,
- operating advanced monitoring systems.
Examples of research directions addressed
Examples of research directions:
Detecting attacks with artificial intelligence
anomaly detection methods, behavioral analysis, AI/ML attack prevention.
Analyzing vulnerabilities in networks and systems
Finding weaknesses in networks, hardware and software infrastructures and proposing remedial solutions.
Cryptography and secure communication protocols
designing and testing protocols for wireless communications, IoT and quantum networks.
Communication security for IoT and modern networks
ways in which IoT devices and their communications can be secured under real-world operating conditions.
SOC and incident response (better, faster, more automatic)
Improved monitoring, alert correlation, incident response flows and use of SIEM systems.
From research to prototype
developing prototypes of security systems that can be tested and then used in industry.