C.R.Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS)

University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad – 500 046

M.Tech - IS

About the Programme:

MTech Program in Information Security was established to meet the needs of trained man-power in the security domain. This course is offered in collaboration with University of Hyderabad. This program is designed to provide a balanced mixture of theoretical and professionaltraining in Cryptology and Information Security.This AICTE-approved programme has highly qualifiedfaculty, good lab facilities, and an extensive library.Some of the recruiters of the previous batch include TCS, Pegasystems, HCL, etc.

Admission procedure:

Through GATE and centralized counselling.

Duration:

Two years–2 semesters of course work and 2 semesters of dissertation

Scope:

  1. Professional career as security engineers
  2. Research opportunities

Program outcomes:

The program shares the following outcomes:

  1. In-depth understanding of core system technologies from a security point of view
  2. In-depth understanding of cryptography
  3. In-depth understanding of security tools implementation and internals
  4. Usage of security tools and technologies
  5. Ability to understand security requirements and develop security tools
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Curriculum:

Semester I

Course Code

Course Name

Credits

IS401

Mathematical Foundation for Information Security

4-0-0

IS402

Secure Operating System and ComputerOrganization

3-1-0

 

IS403

Laboratory: Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis

1-0-2

 

CS425

Cryptography

4-0-0

 

Elective – 1.1

3 / 4

 

Elective – 1.2

3 / 4

Total

 

22 / 24

Semester II

Course Code

Course Name

Credits

CS476

Advanced Computer Networks

4-0-0

IS451

Security Tools and Technologies

 3-1-0

IS452

Ethical Hacking & Computer Forensics

3-1-0

IS453

Laboratory: Cyber Security

1-0-2

 

Elective – 2.1

3 / 4

 

Elective – 2.2

3 / 4

Total

 

22 / 24

Semester III & IV

 

Course Name

Credits

 

Dissertation

18

Total

 

18

Electives

Electives

Semester I

Semester II

Information security

CS426 Blockchain Technology

AI473 Machine Learning

IS423 Coding Theory and InformationTheory

IS472 Statistics andProbability

Cyber security specialization

IS421 Current Trends in Web Security

 

CS472 Cloud Computing

 

IS422 Big Data Security

IS471 Information System

Control and Audit

Career opportunities:

List of companies where our students got placed:

Company name

HCL

TCS

Modak Analytics

CCIL

PegaSoft

Secpod tech

Cerence Inc

TEK system

ADP

Freshworks

Cyberworks

Blaize

ACL Digital

Seconize

Progress Inc

Qualcomm

Accenture

Team F1

Contellat

Zentree

One convergence

EA sports

Research:

Some of our students are pursing PhD in IITs, NITs and abroad in Cyber Security and HPC related areas.

For queries please contact: admission_mtech@aimscs.res.in