The master’s theses defences of the Cybersecurity MSc programme (IVCM) taught jointly by TalTech and the University of Tartu will take place on June 1-3, on-site (TalTech) and over Teams.

June 1 (ICT-218):

Time: 09:00
Student: Vladyslava Shekula
Title: CLOSED DEFENCE (ICT-414):Improving the Security of Industrial Communication Protocols in Operational Technology (OT) Manufacturing Environments
Supervisor: Aleksi Kajander, Anastasiya Kornitska
Reviewer: Shaymaa Khalil

Time: 10:00
Student: Kyrill Alexander Baron von Toll
Title: Towards a Guideline for NIS2 Compliant Security Testing on Digital Twins of Cyber-Physical Systems
Supervisor: Aleksi Kajander
Reviewer: Shaymaa Khalil

Time: 10:40
Student: Marja-Liisa Soone
Title: Assessing Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness in the Banking Sector
Supervisor: Jelizaveta Vakarjuk, Nikita Snetkov
Reviewer: Peeter Laud

Time: 11:20
Student: Matvei Mõskiv
Title: Ethereum Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection Using Muti-Agent Claude Model
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Nikita Snetkov

Time: 12:40
Student: Marcin Badora
Title: Effectiveness of Red Team Tactics, Techniques and Procedures in the Context of Locked Shields
Supervisor: Rain Ottis, Bernhard Lippe
Reviewer: Sten Mäses

Time: 13:20
Student: Mihkel Jõgeda
Title: Propagation of Artifacts Between IOS Devices
Supervisor: Matthew Sorell
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 14:00
Student: Villem Susi
Title: Secure Location Sharing on Android Devices Using Zero Trust Principles
Supervisor: Matthew Sorell
Reviewer: Pavel Chikul

Time: 14:50
Student: Kristjan Tamm
Title: Bypassing Android’s Sandbox Security – A Deep Dive Into Privilege Escalation Exploits
Supervisor: Matthew Sorell
Reviewer: Pavel Chikul

Time: 15:30
Student: Aaryan Nair
Title: Interaction of Law and Technology – AI Accountability in Cybersecurity Under the EU Digital Services Act
Supervisor: Aleksi Kajander
Reviewer: Anu Baum

Time: 16:10
Student: Anett Pärismaa
Title: Operational EU AI Act Article 15 thorugh Adversarial Testing
Supervisor: Adrian Venables, Markko Liutkevičius
Reviewer: Aleksi Kajander

June 2 (ICT-218):

Time: 09:20
Student: Haider Rehman
Title: The Importance and Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Pakistani Students
Supervisor: Ricardo Lugo
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

Time: 10:00
Student: Urve Aavik
Title: Principles and Application of Secure Development in the Public Sector
Supervisor: Toomas Lepik
Reviewer: Triin Muulmann

Time: 10:40
Student: Anton Kolisnatšenko
Title: Analysis of E-ITS Control Coverage for MITRE ATT&CK PKI and Cryptography-Related Techniques
Supervisor: Toomas Lepik
Reviewer: Siim Pajusaar

Time: 11:20
Student: Anton Višnevski
Title: MATRIX – Multi Agent Twin for Reality, Influence, and X-Domain
Supervisor: Pavel Chikul
Reviewer: Vladimir Rostok

Time: 12:40
Student: Nikolai Ovtsinnikov
Title: Performance Comparison of AVL Hash Trees and Sparse Merkle Trees
Supervisor: Ahto Truu
Reviewer: Taaniel Kraavi

Time: 13:20
Student: Sten Leinasaar
Title: A Multi-Agent LLM Framework for Prompt Injection Dataset Generation
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Valerii Gakh

Time: 14:00
Student: Marvin Helstein
Title: Indirect Prompt Injection Automation Against LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Vladimir Rostok

Time: 14:50
Student: Nikolaus Riedl
Title: Automated Honeynet Generation from Natural Language: An LLM-Based Pipeline with Multi-Stage Validation and Empirical Evaluation
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Rajesh Kalakoti

Time: 15:30
Student: Herman Karu
Title: Evaluating Multi-Agent Large Language Models for Static Malware Reverse Engineering and Analysis
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

June 3 (ICT-411):

Time: 09:20
Student: Farkas Pongracz
Title: Evaluating AI-Based Defences Against AI-Generated Social Engineering: A Technical and Human-Centred Analysis
Supervisor: Adrian
Reviewer: Kaido Kikkas

Time: 10:00
Student: Anti Allikvee
Title: Assessing the Administrative Implications of Estonian Regulatory Information Security Framework
Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 10:40
Student: Markus Joonas Palu
Title: Mapping Pandemic Events, Attacker Adaptation, and Psychological Manipulation in COVID-19 Phishing
Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas
Reviewer: Tiia Sõmer

Time: 11:20
Student: Priscila da Silva Leopoldino
Title: Cyber Sanctions: Applicability and Challenges in the European Union
Supervisor: Aleksi Kajander
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

Time: 12:40
Student: Airi Miilits
Title: Behavioural Drift in Large Language Models: The Impact of Framing and Multi-Turn Interaction in Organisational Contexts
Supervisor: Ricardo Lugo
Reviewer: Eman

Time: 13:20
Student: Uku Joosep Palu
Title: An Analysis of the Actionability of Predictive Cyber Threat Intelligence
Supervisor: Margus Ernits
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Time: 14:00
Student: Sanan Mammadli
Title: Reducing Alert Fatigue in Security Operations Centres: LLM-Based Intelligent Alert Triage
Supervisor: Ahmed Nasr
Reviewer: Felix Waschke

Time: 14:50
Student: Konor Sajti
Title: Perceptual Modalities in Offensive Cyberspace Operations: Tools; Practices and Experiences of Targeting
Supervisor: Rain Ottis
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

Time: 15:30
Student: Olari Pipenberg
Title: Design and Implementation of E-ITS Compliant Kubernetes Cluster with Automated Auditing
Supervisor: Risto Vaarandi, Thomas Lepik
Reviewer: Felix Waschke