The Cyber Defense Master’s Program at Joaan bin Jassim Academy for Defense Studies is a postgraduate program specialized in information space security, one of the most important academic fields that arose as a result of technological development. The educational objectives of the program can be summarized as follows:
• Learning about cybersecurity methods to protect systems, networks, applications, data, and the environment that supports the information security system.
• Understanding the world of hacking through wired and wireless networks, smart mobile applications, methods and methodologies of hackers, encryption methods, and risk management.
• Studying policies, legal frameworks, and cybersecurity ethics.
• Addressing the applications, limits and ambition of artificial intelligence in the field of information security as well as intelligence so that the learner can know the nature of these systems as well as the possibilities and limits of their technical, legal and military use.
• Addressing social and institutional awareness and urging students to think out of the box to promote innovative, non-traditional ways.
• Assessment and detection of vulnerabilities in information systems and penetration testing in order to enhance the protection of information systems.
2. Educational outputs of the program
After completing the courses and preparing the thesis, the graduate is expected to have experienced in information security with the following qualities: with the following outputs:
• An understanding of the theoretical and practical knowledge foundations that affect cyber security.
• Ability to develop evidence-based recommendations to solve cybersecurity-related problems.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate best practices in dealing with information security issues.
• Understanding the laws and ethics of cybersecurity.
• Ability to conduct relevant research and make continuous contributions to knowledge and practice in the field of cybersecurity.
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