Master of Science in Enterprise and IT Security (ENITS)

The program's curriculum focuses on current and practice-oriented contents. Due to the strong dynamics of the IT sector and the resulting short lifespan of knowledge in this field, the curriculum needs to be continuously adjusted. In addition to the lectures, labs, seminars, and examinations, students are involved in research projects and are effectively prepared for the workplace through cooperative R&D projects and preparation of a final thesis.

The central qualification objectives of this study course are students' application-oriented and interdisciplinary education and training in the technical, organizational and legal aspects of enterprise security, with special emphasis on IT security.

Required modules (lectures, seminars, and exams) of the first semester are, for example:

• Applied Cryptanalysis
• Data Mining
• Ethics
• EU Law or
• Anonymity and Surveillance

The second semester includes a group project and courses such as the following:

• Data Analysis for Risk and Security Management
• Global Risk and Security Management
• Mobile Security

In the third and last semester, students prepare their Master's thesis. Throughout the ENITS study course, both theoretical and practical contents are taught and continuously correlated.

Students will acquire the following competencies:

Subject-specific competencies

• Professional knowledge of the technical, organizational and legal aspects of IT security.
• Application-specific method and process expertise in the designing and hardening of information systems.
• Application-specific expertise in assessing risks, threats and vulnerability of information systems.
• Research competences in IT-security related issues, as required for successful doctoral-level work.
• Practice-oriented problem-solving thinking.

Interdisciplinary competencies

• Problem-solving competences, including for new and unfamiliar IT-security related issues.
• Communicative competences for discussing information, ideas, problems, and solutions with both experts and laypersons on an academic level.
• Analytical competencies for addressing the general ethical problems of information and enterprise security using the findings and methods of practical philosophy.
• Ability to make scientifically sound and practice-relevant decisions even on the basis of incomplete or limited information.

Enterprise and IT security is a key issue of the international economy, especially for a strong export country like Germany. The demand for experts in this field will far exceed the supply for many years to come.

Graduates of the ENITS Master's degree program will find leading positions in the following areas, among others:

• Security concept design and implementation
• Corporate management
• Cybercrime control and investigation, including evidence protection
• System and security administration for online services, e-commerce enterprises, banks, service providers as well as state and federal authorities such as the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, Bundeskriminalamt or Landeskriminalämter

ENITS also ideally prepares students for careers in the fast-growing sector of IT security consulting, including:

• Corporate certification
• Network specialist or technology solution architect for IT security
• The security-related software developer or system administrator

IT security experts are among the most sought-after IT specialists.