Category Archives: MSc Theses

Cybersecurity related bachelor’s and master’s theses in University of Tartu 2024 (June)

June 4 room 2045:

Time: 11:45
Student: Uuna Saarela (Computer Science MSc)
Title: Practical Zero-Knowledge within the European Digital Identity Framework: Implementing Privacy-Preserving Identity Checks
Supervisor: Peeter Laud, Chris Brzuska
Reviewer: Härmel Nestra

Time: 13:15
Student: Andres Jõgi (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Quantitative Analysis on Vulnerability to Electronic Business Identity Theft Among Estonian Companies
Supervisor: Mari Seeba, Tarmo Oja, Markko Merzin
Reviewer: Danielle Melissa Morgan

Time: 14:00
Student: Edgar Miadzieles (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Digital Twin and Blockchain-Driven Firmware Updates for the Internet of Vehicles
Supervisor: Mubashar Iqbal
Reviewer: Mariia Bakhtina

Time: 14:45
Student: Alar Paas (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Testing Wireless Security Alarm Systems from the Estonian Market
Supervisor: Danielle Melissa Morgan
Reviewer: Jürgen Laks

June 5 room 2034:

Time: 14:00
Student: Ojus Virendra Tudavekar (Software Engineering MSc)
Title: Blockchain and Digital Twin-based Approach for Securing Water Supply Infrastructure
Supervisor: Mubashar Iqbal
Reviewer: Abasi-amefon Obot Affia

June 6 room 2045:

Time: 10:15
Student: Kerli Markus (Conversion Master in IT MSc)
Title: Awareness of Phishing Attacks: A Case Study of Balt-Hellin OÜ Employees
Supervisor: Kristjan Krips
Reviewer: Alo Peets

Time: 11:45
Student: Kadri Koit (Conversion Master in IT MSc)
Title: Describing the Requirements of the Estonian Information Security Standard (E-ITS) in Public Procurements
Supervisor: Kristjan Krips
Reviewer: Mari Seeba

Time: 14:45
Student: Beata Sillat (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Automated Grading and Grade Uploading in Moodle Environment: A “Computer Security” Case Study
Supervisor: Alo Peets
Reviewer: Eero Vainikko

June 7 room 2034:

Time: 14:45
Student: Diana Šramova (Computer Science BSc)
Title: A Survey of Machine Learning Methods and their Applicability for Security Analysis
Supervisor: Raimundas Matulevičius
Reviewer: Faiz Ali Shah

June 7 room 2045:

Time: 13:45
Student: Ilona Peedosk (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Comparative Analysis of the European Union Digital Operational Resilience Act Based on Information Security Standard ISO/IEC 27001
Supervisor: Sander Saveli, Heili Orav
Reviewer: Linda Rosenkron

June 10 room 2045:

Time: 9:15
Student: Nataliia Pabat (Innovation & Technology Management MA)
Title: Security Risk Management in Teleoperated Driving
Supervisor: Raimundas Matulevičius, Abasi-amefon Obot Affia
Reviewer: Tambet Matiisen

Time: 10:00
Student: Ijeoma Faustina Ekeh (Innovation & Technology Management MA)
Title: A Recommendation Model for Security Risk Management in Car-Sharing Scenarios
Supervisor: Raimundas Matulevičius
Reviewer: Mariia Baktina

Time: 10:45
Student: Herman Rull (Computer Science MSc)
Title: Towards Practical Privacy-preserving Data Analysis with Intel TDX-based Sharemind HI
Supervisor: Armin Daniel Kisand, Raimundas Matulevičius
Reviewer: Tarmo Oja

Time: 13:00
Student: Sander Truu (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Tool-Supported Privacy Analysis of Smart Parking
Supervisor: Mariia Bakhtina, Raimundas Matulevičius
Reviewer: Pille Pullonen Raudvere

June 11 room 2048:

Time: 13:15
Student: Anett Pärismaa (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Researching the Patterns of Estonian Language Passwords and Compiling a Password Dictionary
Supervisor: Alo Peets
Reviewer: Kristjan Krips

June 11 room 2010:

Time: 13:45
Student: Pirgit Pajoma (Conversion Master in IT MSc)
Title: The Use of Blockchain in Public e-services on the Example of Estonia
Supervisor: Jan Villemson, Kristjan Krips
Reviewer: Armin Daniel Kisand

June 12 room 2034:

Time: 10:15
Student: Erki Külaots (Computer Science MSc)
Title: Two-Party Multi-Point Function Secret Sharing
Supervisor: Toomas Krips
Reviewer: Sven Laur

June 13 room 2039:

Time: 13:00
Student: Uku Parts (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Assessing the Security of a Smart Lock
Supervisor: Danielle Melissa Morgan
Reviewer: Alo Peets

June 13 room 2045:

Time: 11:15
Student: Karl Mumme (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Surveillance System for Additional Security of Tactical Objects
Supervisor: Erkki Laaneoks
Reviewer: Andres Namm

June 14 room 2034:

Time: 13:30
Student: Risto Voor (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Third-party Libraries Security Tools Analysis and Improvements
Supervisor: Kristiina Rahkema
Reviewer: Maj-Annika Tammisto

Links:
https://cs.ut.ee/en/content/thesis-deadlines-and-guidelines

Cyber Security master’s theses defense in TalTech (May 2024)

The master’s theses defences of the Cybersecurity MSc programme (IVCM) taught jointly by TalTech and the University of Tartu will take place from May 27-29, on-site (TalTech room ICT-315) and over Teams.

27. May
Time: 10:00
Student: Riin Tamme
Title: CLOSED DEFENCE: Estonia’s Public Sector Awareness of Adversary Information Operations
Supervisor: Adrian N. Venables
Reviewer: Rain Ottis

Time: 11:00
Student: Britta Sillaots
Title: Convergence of Hospital and Consumer Wearables, Their Legal Aspects, and Micro Data Sovereignity
Supervisor: Matthew Sorell, Aleksi Kajander
Reviewer: Pavel Tšikul

Time: 11:40
Student: Anna Mandrenko
Title: Analyzing Drone Flight Logs for Forensic Behaviour Reconstruction
Supervisor: Matthew Sorell
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

PAUSE 40 min

Time: 13:00
Student: Gerd Kukemilk
Title: Design and Implementation of a Configuration Management Database Compatible with ITIL and E-ITS
Supervisor: Toomas Lepik, Thomas Lepik
Reviewer: Olaf Maennel

Time: 13:40
Student: Felix Nicolas Waschke
Title: Forensic Analysis of the Slack Web Application
Supervisor: Pavel Tšikul
Reviewer: Matthew Sorell

Time: 14:20
Student: Valerii Gakh
Title: Performance Comparison of Early Prompt Injection Detection Solutions
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Olaf Maennel

Time: 15:00
Student: Martin Mihalovic
Title: Genetic Malware Analysis
Supervisor: Alejandro Guerra Manzanares
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

28. May
Time: 10:00
Student: Muhammed Erbas
Title: Application of PASTA Threat Modeling to ECDIS in Autonomous Ships for ENhanced COLREG Compliance
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel, Gabor Visky
Reviewer: Dan Heering

Time: 10:40
Student: Janno Jaal
Title: Threat Modeling for AI/ML Based Healthcare Systems
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Rehman

Time: 11:20
Student: Hua Zhong
Title: A Deep Learning Solution for Detecting Image-Based Phishing/Spam Emails
Supervisor: Sven Nõmm, Adrian Venables
Reviewer: Andri Riid

PAUSE 40 min

Time: 12:40
Student: Kati Sein
Title: Cybersecurity-related Support Needs and Challenges Incurred by Informal Support: A Study Among Estonian Home USers
Supervisor: Stefan Sütterlin, Tanel Mällo
Reviewer: Kaido Kikkas

Time: 13:20
Student: Nadezda Semjonova
Title: Cybersecurity Culture in Academia: the Case of Tallinn University of Technology
Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas
Reviewer: Ricardo Lugo

Time: 14:00
Student: Joosep Parts
Title: Attack Pattern Assessment of Telepresence Robots in Healthcare Systems Context
Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas, Janika Leoste
Reviewer: Andrew Roberts

Time: 14:40
Student: Helena Jäe
Title: The Evolution of Cyber Conflict on the Example of Estonia, Georgia and Ukraine
Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

29. May
Time: 10:00
Student: Laura Danilas
Title: The Impact of Quantum Technologies on NATO’s Security and Defence Posture
Supervisor: Adrian N. Venables, Joanna Sliwa
Reviewer: Kaido Kikkas

Time: 10:40
Student: Karl Tamberg
Title: Harnessing Large Language Models for Software Vulnerability Detection: A Comprehensive Benchmarking Study
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Time: 11:20
Student: Liam Simonos Warren
Title: Analysis of CDOC 2.0 Protocols in ProVerif
Supervisor: Nikita Snetkov
Reviewer: Ahto Buldas

PAUSE 40 min

Time: 12:40
Student: Taaniel Kraavi
Title: Proving Vote Correctness in the Estonian Internet Voting System
Supervisor: Ahto Buldas, Jan Willemson
Reviewer: Jelizaveta Vakarjuk

Time: 13:20
Student: Leonard Walter
Title: Evaluating the Use of MAQUE Proxies for Achieving DNS Privacy
Supervisor: Shaymaa Khalil, Silver Saks
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Time: 14:00
Student: Diego Del Rio Manzanas
Title: Securing Remote Connectivity: A Systematic Penetration Testing Analysis of a Telepresence Robot
Supervisor: Shaymaa Khalil
Reviewer: Silver Saks

Links:
https://taltech.ee/en/events/masters-thesis-defence-cybersecurity-spring-semester-20232024

Cyber Security master’s theses defense in TalTech (January 2024)

The master’s theses defences of the Cybersecurity MSc programme (IVCM) taught jointly by TalTech and the University of Tartu will take place on 15 Janbuary 2024, starting at 11:20AM (EEST) on-site (TalTech room ICT-411) and over Teams.

Time: 11:20 – 12:00
Student: Giorgi Okroshidze
Title: Comparison of SOC Workflow Automation Options for SMEs and Practical Impact Analysis
Supervisor: Risto Vaarandi
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 12:00 – 12:40
Student: Marita Müüdla
Title: Reporting of Cybersecurity Incidents Among Estonian Government and Government-Affiliated Organizations
Supervisor: Sille Arikas
Reviewer: Aleksi Kajander

Time: 12:40 – 13:20
Student: Fathin Adebiyo Dosunmu
Title: Exploring the Complexity Criteria of Mobile Malware: an Examination of its Impact on the Analysis Process.
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Links:
https://taltech.ee/en/events/cybersecurity-msc-thesis-defence-15-january-2024

Cyber Security master’s theses defense in TalTech (May 2023)

The master’s theses defences of the Cybersecurity MSc programme (IVCM) taught jointly by TalTech and the University of Tartu will take place on 29 May 2023, starting at 9:00AM (EEST) in Zoom.

Time: 09:00 – 09:40
Student: Ayooluwa Samuel Ayoola
Title: Phishing Campaigns and Security Awareness Training in a Sport Betting Company
Supervisor: Olaf Manuel Maennel
Reviewer: Rain Ottis

Title: 09:40 – 10:20
Student: Ankit Rana
Title: Assessment of Cyber Security Awareness Among Delhi Students
Supervisor: Kaie Maennel
Reviewer: Tiia Sõmer

Title: 10:20 – 11:00
Student: Luisa Caretta Hopp
Title: Application of the Metagraph to the Aviation Supply Chain: a Case Study
Supervisor: Olaf Manuel Maennel, Benedict Gross
Reviewer: Ahto Buldas

Title: 11:00 – 11:40
Student: Sander Eesmaa
Title: Supply Chain Information Security Management in Estonian Organizations
Supervisor: Kristjan Karmo
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

Title: 11:40 – 12:20
Student: Rudolfs Ludis Kelle
Title: Furthering Industrial Control System Intrusion Detection Systems’ Advancement by Analyzing the IEC 60870-5-104 Protocol & its Traffic
Supervisor: Bernhards Blumbergs
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Title: 13:00 – 13:40
Student: Janika Pirel Jasmin Hirvi
Title: An Analysis of Database Manipulation Techniques in iOS
Supervisor: Matthew James Sorell
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Title: 13:40 – 14:20
Student: Nikita Timokhin
Title: Structural Assessment and Automatic Aggregation of OS X Forensic Artifacts
Supervisor: Pavel Tšikul
Reviewer: Matthew James Sorell

Title: 14:20 – 15:00
Student: Helena Ingermann
Title: Windows Subsystem for Android – Forensic Analysis
Supervisor: Shaymaa Mamdouh Khalil
Reviewer: Pavel Tšikul

Title: 15:00 – 15:40
Student: Onyeka Kelvin Onyema
Title: Designing an e-Learning Application for Phishing Attack Recognition based on Cialdini’s Persuasion Principles
Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas
Reviewer: Stefan Sütterlin

Title: 15:40 – 16:20
Title: Student: Dmytro Martynov
Handling Concept Drift for Mobile Malware Detection
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Links:
https://taltech.ee/en/events/cybersecurity-msc-theses-defences-29-may-2023

Cyber Security master’s theses defense in TalTech (January 2023)

January 13 (online):

Time: 10:00
Student: Janika Pirel Jasmin Hirvi
Title: An Analysis of the Impact of Common Crime Scene Errors in Mobile Phone Evidence Handling
Supervisor: Matthew James Sorell
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 11:00
Student: Siim-Alexander Kütt
Title: Stride-Based Black Box Penetration Testing Methodology for Micro-Mobility Services
Supervisor: Shaymaa Khalil
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 12:00
Student: Pavel Kargin
Title: Development of a Third Party Applet for the Estonian National ID
Supervisor: Juhan-Peep Ernits
Reviewer: Arnis Paršovs

Cybersecurity related bachelor’s and master’s theses in University of Tartu 2022 (June)

The defences are taking place on the first and second week of June.

May 31 (online):

Time: 09:15
Student: Xuejun Wu (Computer Science MSc)
Title: Security in Remote Update of Medical Devices
Supervisor: Tuomas Aura, Arnis Paršovs
Reviewer: Denizalp Kapisiz

May 31 (online):

Time: 13:00
Student: Kert Tali (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Parallel and Cloud-Native Secure MultiParty Computation
Supervisor: Riivo Talviste, Pelle Jakovits
Reviewer: Eero Vainikko

Time: 13:45
Student: Karl Hannes Veskus (Computer Science MSc)
Title: Privacy-preserving data synthesis using trusted execution environments
Supervisor: Liina Kamm, Sven Laur
Reviewer: Arnis Parsovs

June 3 (online):

Time: 11:45
Student: Geitrud Pank (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Lab Package: Mobile application security testing
Supervisor: Dietmar Pfahl, Hina Anwar
Reviewer: Alejandra Duque-Torres

June 3 (online):

Time: 10:30
Student: Olivier Levasseur (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Model-Driven Engineering of Blockchain Oracles
Supervisor: Mubashar Iqbal, Raimundas Matulevičius
Reviewer: Vimal Kumar Dwivedi

Time: 11:15
Student: Ekaterina Zhuchko (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Formal Analysis of Non-Malleability for Commitment Schemes in EasyCrypt
Supervisor: Denis Firsov, Sven Laur
Reviewer: Peeter Laud

Time: 12:00
Student: Sanam Nisar (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Defining Blockchain-Based Techniques for Privacy Conflict-Resolution in CrossOrganizational Processes for E-Health Systems
Supervisor: Aleksandr Kormiltsyn, Alex Norta, Vimal Dwivedi
Reviewer:

Time: 12:45
Student: Anel Abylkassymova (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Machine Learning Method For Detecting Botnet Attacks Originated From The Iot Networks
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi, Sven Nõmm, Raimundas Matulevicius
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Time: 13:30
Student: Gediminas Milašius (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Integration Analysis of Various eID Authentication Solutions Used in the Private Sector of Estonia
Supervisor: Arnis Paršovs
Reviewer: Kristjan Krips

Time: 14:15
Student: Elizabete Liene Šterna (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Security Architecture of the Latvian eParaksts mobile
Supervisor: Arnis Paršovs
Reviewer: Inguss Treiguts

June 7:

Time: 12:15
Student: Anna Shamritskaya (Innovation and Technology Management MSc)
Title: Information security assessment in a startup
Supervisor: Mari Seeba, Raimundas Matulevičius
Reviewer: Juliia Trabskaja

Time: 9:15
Student: Anita Sarv (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Implementation of multifactor authentication in Bank of Estonia
Supervisor: Toomas Krips
Reviewer: Jürmo Mehine

Time: 10:45
Student: Mark Robin Kalder (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Bug bounty programs and ethical hacking
Supervisor: Alo Peets, Margus Niitsoo
Reviewer: Anne Villems

Time: 12:00
Student: Allan Alikas (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Privacy preserving anonymization software
Supervisor: Sulev Reisberg
Reviewer: Liina Kamm

June 8:

Time: 10:00
Student: Semjon Kravtšenko (Computer Science BSc)
Title: The Estonian Mobile-ID implementation on the SIM card
Supervisor: Arnis Paršovs
Reviewer: Jürgen Niinre

June 9:

Time: 13:00
Student: Kristjan Pühvel (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Password cracking and hashing functions on the example of UT accounts
Supervisor: Alo Peets
Reviewer: Kristjan Krips

June 10:

Time: 14:30
Student: Kalmer Keerup (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Implementation of an user access control respecting file server
Supervisor: Tarmo Oja, Heili Orav
Reviewer: Mart Oruaas

Links:
https://cs.ut.ee/sites/default/files/2022-06/Defence7.6.22.pdf
https://cs.ut.ee/sites/default/files/2022-06/Kaitsmine%2008.06.2022_0.pdf
https://cs.ut.ee/sites/default/files/2022-06/Kaitsmine%2010.06.2022_0.pdf

Cyber Security master’s theses defense in TalTech (May 2022)


Cyber Security curriculum MSc theses defences on May 30th 2022 (online):

Time: 10:00
Student: Marek Koppelmann
Title: Estonian Defence League’s Cyber Defence Unit Enhancing Vital Service Providers’ Cyber Security (closed)
Supervisor: Rain Ottis
Reviewer: Andrew J. Roberts

Time: 11:00
Student: Frank Korving
Title: DACA:Automated Attack Scenarios and Dataset Generation
Supervisor: Risto Vaarandi
Reviewer: Andrew J. Roberts

Time: 11:40
Student: Jürgen Erm
Title: Hybrid Analysis of Vulnerability Management Practices in Organizations to Outline Success Factors
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

Time: 13:00
Student: Kristjan Kaunis
Title: Hypervisoor Agnostic Scenario Definition Language for Cyber Ranges
Supervisor: Dr Bernhards Blumbergs
Reviewer: Olaf Maennel

Time: 13:40
Student: Rait Leinus
Title: Cryptocurrency as a Replacement for Traditional Online Payment Methods
Supervisor: Dr Alexander Norta
Reviewer: Raimundas Matulevicius

Time: 14:20
Student: Tomoya Tanaka
Title: Development of IDS/IPS Specifically Designed for ETSI ITS-G5-Based V2X Communication
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 15:00
Student: Michailas Ornovskis
Title: Secure Software Development Lifecycle Reference Meta-Architecture
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Tiia Sõmer

Cyber Security curriculum MSc theses defences on May 31th 2022 (online):

Time: 10:00
Student: Mario Širic
Title: Feasible Route Mapping
Supervisor: Matthew Sorell
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 10:40
Student: Marje Salumets
Title: Threat Modeling of the Supplain.io Blockchain Protocol: Preserving Data Trust, Privacy and Security in Physical Supply Chains
Supervisor: Dr Kaido Kikkas
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 11:20
Student: Holger Rünkaru
Title: Method for Defending Against Living Off the Land Attacks with Built-In Features of Windows
Supervisor: Pavel Tšikul
Reviewer: Alejandro G. Manzanares

Time: 12:40
Student: Dominika Helena Jantas
Title: Strategic Considerations to Counter the Cyber Threat of Malicious Deepfakes in Greek Society
Supervisor: Adrian Venables
Reviewer: Rain Ottis

Time: 13:20
Student: Triin Viitmaa
Title: Forensic Analysis for Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11
Supervisor: Shaymaa Khalil
Reviewer: Matthew Sorell

Time: 14:00
Student: Orkhan Gasimov
Title: Compare and Contrast Analysis of Log Parsin Algorythms: Perspective of Efficiency and Pattern Detection Rate
Supervisor: Risto Vaarandi
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 14:40
Student: Pasquale Polverino
Title: NetFlow Anomalies Detector Using Prophet Forecasting Model
Supervisor: Kieren Nicolas Lovell
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Cyber Security curriculum MSc theses defences on June 2nd 2022 (online):

Time: 10:00
Student: Marieke Jahn
Title: Forensic data Acquisition Software Development Framework for Integrated Smart Home Ecosystems
Supervisor: Pavel Tšikul
Reviewer: Matthew Sorell

Time: 10:40
Student: Fahad Alamgir
Title: A Risk Based Decision Approach for Handling Digital Device at a Crime Scene
Supervisor: Matthew Sorell
Reviewer: Pavel Tšikul

Time: 11:20
Student: Roman Šumaylov
Title: Evaluation of Resource-Constrained Transfer Learning Approaches for IoT BotNet Detection
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Sven Nõmm

Time: 12:40
Student: Georgios Kontis
Title: Technical and Organizational Challenges on Enhancing Cybersecurity with Artificial Intelligence
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Kave Salamantian

Time: 13:20
Student: Seyed Mohammad Hadi Mirsadeghi
Title: Deep Learning-Based Detection of DDoS Attacks in Software-Defined Networks
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Sadok Ben Yahia

Time: 14:00
Student: Roberta Murniece
Title: Can We Trust the Google Maps Timeline?
Supervisor: Matthew Sorell
Reviewer: Shaymaa Khalil

Time: 14:40
Student: Olga Šenberg
Title: The Role of Individual and Organizational Factors on the Employees’ Information Security Awareness and Vulnerability Management Efficiency
Supervisor: Kaie Maennel
Reviewer: Stefan Sütterlin

Cyber Security master’s theses defense in TalTech (January 2022)

Defence of master theses of Cyber Security curriculum on January 10th 2022 online:

Time: 09:00
Student: Anupam Rakshit
Title: PRAGMATIC COMPARISON OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO DETECT THE TYPE OF ATTACKS IN AN IOT NETWORK TRAFFIC
Supervisor: Pelle Jakovits
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 09:40
Student: Diana Carolina Burbano Valencia
Title: EU Cybersecurity Certification: Case Study Analysis For Implementation in the transportation sector in the EU
Supervisor: Andrew Roberts
Reviewer: Kave Salamatian

Time: 10:20
Student: Kingshuk Chowdhury
Title: Cloud Incident Handling: Challenges and Best Practices
Supervisor: Kieren Nicolas Lovell
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

Time: 11:40
Student: Sanjina Ershad
Title: CASE PROBLEMS FOR TEACHING NEW SOC MEMBERS
Supervisor: Sten Mäses
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Cyber Security master’s theses defense in TalTech/UT (August 2021)

Defence of master theses of Cyber Security curriculum on August 10th 2021 online

Time: 09:00
Student: Ilker Furkan Kahyalar
Title: A Comparative Study of Virtualization Solutions for Cybersecurity Labs
Supervisor: Risto Vaarandi
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 09:40
Student: Martin Välbe
Title: Benchmarking of Android Applications’ System Calls Behavior: Implications for Malware Detection
Supervisor: Alejandro Manzanares, Tarmo Oja
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Time: 10:20
Student: Mohamed Nasef Ibrahim Mohamed
Title: Towards a new method for teaching malware analysis for Cyber Security students
Supervisor: Toomas Lepik
Reviewer: Pavel Tšikul

Time: 11:30
Student: Thilina Nenathunga
Title: Identity and Access Management, and Audit trails for Continuous Delivery infrastructure on Amazon Web Services platform
Supervisor: Toomas Lepik
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Time: 12:10
Student: Bisrat Woldeyes Ambaye
Title: Adversarial Machine Learning Poisoning Attacks on Mobile Check Deposits
Supervisor: Alejandro Manzanares
Reviewer: Matthew Sorell

Time: 12:50
Student: Md Forhad Hossain
Title: Adapting Active Learning for Intrusion Detection Within Security Operation Center Context
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Alejandro Manzanares

Time: 14:00
Student: Muhammad Junaid Farrukh
Title: Evaluation of Agile Threat Modeling Methods to Identify Threats to Privacy in Robotic Systems
Supervisor: Andrew Roberts
Reviewer: Shaymaa Khalil

Time: 14:40
Student: Raigo Vilur
Title: Evaluation of Secure Channel Communication for Cloud-Based Autonomous Vehicle Telematics
Supervisor: Andrew Roberts, Nikita Snetkov
Reviewer: Olaf Maennel

Defence of master theses of Cyber Security curriculum on August 11th 2021 online

Time: 12:00 (closed defence)
Student: Wellington Oscar Alves De Souza
Title: Cybercrime knowledge of identity theft investigators in Estonian FinTech
Supervisor: Maria Claudia Solarte Vasquez, Sten Mäses
Reviewer: Toomas Vaks

Time: 12:40
Student: Abhisek Ojha
Title: Cybersecurity Awareness among Engineering students of West Bengal , India
Supervisor: Sten Mäses
Reviewer: Kaido Kikkas

Time: 13:40
Student: Alex Bindevald
Title: Cyber Security at schools – challenges, opportunities and needs for CTF-solution
Supervisor: Birgy Lorenz
Reviewer: Sten Mäses

Time: 14:20
Student: Orkhan Rustamli
Title: Analysis of Cyber Security Awareness Level of Secondary High-school Students: The Case of Azerbaijan
Supervisor: Kaie Maennel
Reviewer: Sten Mäses

Defence of master theses of Cyber Security curriculum on August 12th 2021 online

Time: (withdrawn)
Student: Anupam Rakshit
Title: Pragmatic Comparison of Machine Learning Models to Detect The Type Of Attacks In An IoT Network Traffic
Supervisor: Pelle Jakovits
Reviewer: Alejandro Manzanares

Time: 10:00
Student: Vasile Tarlev
Title: Compatibility of the European Blockchain Service Infrastructure with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation
Supervisor: Anna-Maria Osula, Andres Ojamaa, Vladimir Rogojin
Reviewer: Eneken Tikk

Time: 10:40
Student: Henry Ochieng’ Dola
Title: Cyber Threat Modeling of A Water Quality Monitoring System
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi, Jeffrey Andrew Tuhtan
Reviewer: Andrew Roberts

Time: 11:20
Student: Andris Männik
Title: Cyber Awareness Verification Using Phishing Assessments
Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas
Reviewer: Kaie Maennel

Time: 12:30
Student: Oluwatosin Soremekun
Title: Method for cyber threat modelling and validation of public transportation systems
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi, Andrew Roberts
Reviewer: Liivar Luts

Time: 13:10
Student: Tino Apostolovski
Title: Design of a system for secure communication between ATC and Drone Pilot
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel, Dariana Khisteva
Reviewer: Andrew Roberts, Nikita Snetkov

Time: 13:50
Student: Gulkhara Babayeva
Title: Domain Ontology for Cyber Defense Exercises
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel, Kaie Maennel
Reviewer: Rain Ottis

August 12, 2021 online:

Time: 09:00
Student: Olorunshe Temilola Esther (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Recognition of Phishing Attacks and its Impact: A Case Study
Supervisor: Raimundas Matulevicius
Reviewer: Abasi-Amefon Affia

Cybersecurity related bachelor’s and master’s theses in University of Tartu 2021 (June)

The defences are taking place on the first and second week of June.

June 2, 2021:

Time: 09:45
Student: Toomas Aleksander Veromann (Software Engineering MSc)
Title: WYSIWYS Extensions to the Estonian ID Card Browser Signing Architecture
Supervisor: Arnis Paršovs
Reviewer: Mart Sõmermaa

Time: 10:30
Student: Sébastien René Baptistin Boire (Computer Science MSc)
Title: Credential Provisioning and Peer Configuration with Extensible Authentication Protocol
Supervisor: Tuomas Aura, Dominique Unruh
Reviewer: Arnis Paršovs

Time: 10:30
Student: Mariia Bakhtina (Innovation & Technology Management MA)
Title: Securing Passenger’s Data in Autonomous Vehicles
Supervisor: Raimundas Matulevičius, Mari Seeba
Reviewer: Abasi-Amefon Obot Affia

Time: 11:30
Student: Burak Can Kus (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Use of Electronic Identity Documents for MultiFactor Authentication
Supervisor: Arnis Paršovs
Reviewer: Inguss Treiguts

Time: 12:15
Student: Priit Põdra (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Web tracking in the most popular Estonian websites
Supervisor: Arnis Paršovs
Reviewer: Raimundas Matulevičius

Time: 13:00
Student: Mikus Teivens (Cyber Security MSc)
Title: Analysis of Security and Privacy Issues in Common Smart Home Products
Supervisor: Arnis Paršovs
Reviewer: Alo Peets

June 4, 2021:

Time: 11:30
Student: Magnus Valgre (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Tracking And Privacy: The Case of News Site Delfi
Supervisor: Arnis Paršovs
Reviewer: Mari Seeba

June 7, 2021:

Time: 09:00
Student: Hain Luud (Computer Science BSc)
Title: An Analysis of the HID® Indala and Seos™ Protocols
Supervisor: Danielle Morgan
Reviewer: Kristjan Krips

Time: 09:30
Student: Geio Illus (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Wi-Fi Positioning System
Supervisor: Danielle Morgan
Reviewer: Jakob Mass

Time: 11:00
Student: Peeter Vahe (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Tartu Smart Bike Share Access Cards Authentication Analysis
Supervisor: Danielle Morgan
Reviewer: Alo Peets

June 11, 2021:

Time: 09:30
Student: Jan Erik Kriisk (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Security Analysis of RIA’s Authentication Service TARA
Supervisor: Arnis Paršovs
Reviewer: Kristjan Krips

Time: 11:00
Student: Siim Markus Marvet (Computer Science BSc)
Title: Collecting Statistics and Security Data on Estonian Domains
Supervisor: Alo Peets
Reviewer: Kristjan Krips

Links:
https://www.cs.ut.ee/sites/default/files/cs/defence_schedule_01-11.06.2021.pdf
https://comserv.cs.ut.ee/ati_thesis/index.php?year=2021&language=en