From September 2023 to September 2024 I enrolled in the Master of Cybersecurity of the prestigious Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona.
This master is completely in english and is divided in two semesters for a total of 60 credits ECTS.
This article is just an overview. You can find the full version with more details here.
Subjects
Semester 1
- Application Security
- Blockchain
- Data Protection
- Malware
- Network Security
- Traffic Monitoring & Analysis
Semester 2
- Cybersecurity Use-cases
- Hardware Security
- Network Security - Authentication & Authorization
- Software-Defined Security
- Master Thesis - HuntDown
Projects
During this year I had to do many projects but the most interesting are the following:
- 🪱 A multi function worm. More info here.
- ⚡ A Correlation Power Analysis attack. More info here.
- 💥 HuntDown: a cybersecurity tool automating pentests. More info here
Graduation
I graduated with a 9.5/10 on my thesis, giving me an overall average of 7.83/10.