This is a 2 years full time post graduate program approved by AICTE, New Delhi. It is being offered under Somaiya Vidyavihar University. The PG course is spread over two years in four semesters and inclusion of specialized laboratories, mandatory non-credit courses, open electives and dissertation are the special features of the curriculum. The students are also exposed to learn IPR/ research methodology to understand importance and process of creation of patents through research.
The students have an opportunity to do an industry internship of 5 months in their Sem-IV which can lead to a job offer from the same company. The exercise of drafting our PG curriculum has been undertaken along with feedback from experts from industry, research organizations and alumni to make it relevant, dynamic and updated. The embedded internship leading to placement offers a unique opportunity to apply the skills learnt on real-life projects. This, in turn, prepares graduates of the programme for successful careers in both the information security and digital forensics professions. Our information Security engineers are working in industries, including Banks, Digital Forensics, Security solutions….
The teaching-learning-evaluation (TLE) paradigm is a mix of traditional as well as active learning pedagogy and use of contemporary ICT tools. The TLE process is facilitated by faculty members with the use of active learning strategies and ICT like Do-it-Yourself, Think Pair Share, Google Classroom, LMS – Moodle etc. The MOOCs courses are used for blended learning of the students. The projects are assigned as per students’ choice mapped with Information Security domain. Evaluation is done by a variety of tools including Open book test, MCQ, Study of Research paper, Internal Assessment tools etc. Laboratory courses are offered to encourage project-based learning among students. Specialized Laboratory with a dedicated leased line for carrying out various information security-related tasks such as Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Analysis, Digital forensics and Advanced Offensive Security is used to make learning interesting for students.
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