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Cyber Security master’s theses defense in TalTech (June 2026)

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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

Cyber Security master’s theses defense in Tallinn University of Technology (May 2018)

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Monday, May 28th 2018, Akadeemia Tee 15a, Room ICT-315.

Time: 09:30
Student: Kristiina Renel
Title: Compliance with EU Personal Data Protection Framework in the Context of Public Sector Logging
Supervisor: Kaie Maennel
Supervisor: Kristjan Kikerpill
Reviewer: Andro Kull

Time: 10:10
Student: Belgin Tastan
Title: Securing Systems and Networks Using Deceptions With Cyber Kill Chain Methodology
Supervisor: Ahmed Tauseef
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Time: 11:00
Student: Raquel Tabuyo Benito
Title: Forensic Analysis of a Steam Based Online Game
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Jens Getreu

Time: 11:40
Student: Kim Vahturov
Title: Using Indicators of Compromise to Automate Incident Triage. Proof of Concept
Supervisor: Toomas Lepik
Supervisor: Lauri Palkmets
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 13:00
Student: Alejandro Guerra Manzanares
Title: Application of Full Machine Learning Workflow for Malware Detection in Android on the Basis of System Calls And Permissions
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Supervisor: Sven Nõmm
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 13:40
Student: Romet Saaliste
Title: Estonian Government Related Challenges in Protection of Personal Data
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel
Reviewer: Birgy Lorenz

Time: 14:20
Student: Moira Gabriella Nguegaum
Title: A Structured Approach to the Identification of IPV6 Vulnerabilities in IPV4-only Local Area Networks
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel
Reviewer: Bernhards Blumbergs

Time: 15:20
Student: Stefano Panarese
Title: Nessuno: A Friend-to-Friend Anonymous Communication Protocol
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel
Reviewer: Ahto Buldas

Time: 16:00
Student: Amirhossein Akbari
Title: A Novel Approach for Securing HTML5 Client-Side Database, INDEXEDDB
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel
Reviewer: Aleksander Lenin

Tuesday, May 29th 2018, Akadeemia Tee 15a, Room ICT-315.

Time: 09:30
Student: Andres Rauschecker
Title: User-Oriented Privacy Enhancements for Web-Browsers
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 10:10
Student: Artur Luik
Title: The Design and Implementation of Automated Vulnerability Application Framework
Supervisor: Tanel Tetlov
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 11:00
Student: Daniele Mucci
Title: TED – The ELF Doctor. A Container Based Tool to Perform Security Risk Assessment for ELF Binaries
Supervisor: Bernhards Blumbergs
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 11:40
Student: Aleks Koha
Title: Impact Assessment of an EU GDPR Self-Assessment Qestionnaire on Entrepreneurs
Supervisor: Sten Mäses
Supervisor: Anu Baum
Reviewer: Tiia Sõmer

Time: 13:00
Student: Kayode Olaitan Omotoye
Title: Business Process-Based Cyber Risk Assessment Using Healthcare System as Case Study
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Alexander Norta

Time: 13:40
Student: Mari Jääger
Title: Developing Records of Processing Activities in a Small Enterprise
Supervisor: Priit Raspel
Reviewer: Raimundas Matulevicius

Time: 14:20
Student: Simo Antero Hurttila
Title: From Information Security to Cyber Security Management – ISO 27001 & 27032 Approach
Supervisor: Andro Kull
Reviewer: Kaie Maennel

Time: 15:20
Student: Aditya Raj Das
Title: Comparing Battery Consumption of Malware Scanning Applications
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Sten Mäses

Time: 16:00
Student: Danny Lopez Murillo
Title: A Balanced Lab for Teaching Ethical Hacking to Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Sten Mäses

Wednesday, May 30th 2018, Akadeemia Tee 15a, Room ICT-315.

Time: 09:30
Student: Sille Laks
Title: Basic cyber security awareness training in a paramilitary organization (RESTRICTED)
Supervisor: Sten Mäses
Supervisor: Markko Liutkevičius
Reviewer: Rain Ottis

Time: 10:10
Student: Andres Elliku
Title: Scalable Course on Cyber Attack Detection
Supervisor: Margus Ernits
Reviewer: Mauno Pihelgas

Time: 11:00
Student: Javid Asadli
Title: Proposing Action Plan in Cyber Security Capacity Building for Azerbaijan
Supervisor: Tiia Sõmer
Supervisor: Leyla Aliyeva
Reviewer: Sten Mäses

Time: 11:40
Student: Even Langfeldt Friberg
Title: The Cyber-Insurance Market in Norway: An Empirical Study of the Supply-Side and a Small Sample of the Maritime Demand-Side
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Supervisor: Ulrik Franke
Reviewer: Birgy Lorenz

Time: 13:00
Student: Nishaant Verma
Title: Comparative Analysis of Online Privacy and Security Concerns Between Generation Y and Generation Z in North India: A Pilot Study
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Supervisor: Mare Teichmann
Reviewer: Maria Claudia Solarte Vasquez

Time: 13:40
Student: Taimur Tufail
Title: Comparing the National Cyber Security Framework of Pakistan with India and United Kingdom
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Tiia Sõmer

Time: 14:40
Student: Fernando Rafael Garcia-Granado
Title: Cybersecurity Knowledge Requirements for Non-IT Strategic Level Decision Makers
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Andro Kull

Time: 15:20
Student: Hindrek Baum
Title: Detection of VLAN Hopping Attacks Using Switch’s Monitoring Options
Supervisor: Jaan Priisalu
Reviewer: Aleksander Lenin

Tallinn International CyberCrime Conference 2014

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Location: Tallinn, Estonia – Radisson Blu Hotel Olympia
On 12 and 13 november 2014 the Tallinn University of Technology organizes the International Cybercrime Conference of 2014. The main agenda of the conference is to announce the official opening of TUT Centre of Digital Forensics and Cyber Security and to discuss current cyber security research.

Conference CyberCrime 2014, day 1, 12.11.2014 (most of the day in estonia – english simultaneous translation, with the exception of 2 presentations in english)

Moderator Aare Tammemäe, FinanceEstonia, Chairman of the Board
09.00 – 10.00 Registration and welcome coffee
10.00 – 10.15 Conference Opening Address: Prof Erkki Truve, Vice rector of Tallinn University of Technology
10.15 – 10.25 Mr Hanno Pevkur, Minister of the Interior, Republic of Estonia
10.25 – 11.10 Plenary Session 1
Key note speaker: Mrs Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Cyber Security Policy Advisor, European External Action Service.
EU Cyber Security Strategy and Capacity Building to Fight Cybercrime.
11.10 – 11.20 Mr Üllar Lanno, Estonian Forensics Science Institute.
The beginning of IT forensics in Estonia or how the 2CENTRE Estonia started
11.20 – 11.50 Coffe-break
11.50 – 12.20 Plenary Session 2
Mr Gert Jervan, Dean of Faculty of Information Technology, Tallinn University of Technology; Mrs Anu Baum, 2CENTRE Estonia; Rain Ottis, TUT Centre of Digital Forensics and Cyber Security. TUT Cyber centre – past, present and future
12.20 – 12.25 The importance of the establishment of 2CENTRE Estonia. Welcoming word by Minister of the Justice of the Republic of Estonia, Andres Anvelt
12.25 – 12.50 Signing the memorandum of association of TUT Centre of Digital Forensics and Cyber Security
12.50 – 13.30 Panel Discussion – Erkki Truve, Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Andres Anvelt, Priit Pärkna, moderated by Gert Jervan, Dean of IT faculty of TUT
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 14.50 Ms Ann Mennens – B-CCentre (Belgium). The B-CCENTRE, establishing exchange and cooperation between academia, public and private sector in Belgium: a major challenge
14.50 – 15.10 Ms Cheryl Baker – University College Dublin (Ireland)
Success story of the university (UCD), IT-forensics in Ireland, Irish experience and challenges in the global forensics market
15.10 – 15.40 Coffe-break
15.40 – 16.00 Mr Tanel Tammet, Mr Rain Ottis, Mr Jüri Vain. Introduction of the Four Projects (e-Crime, ECESM, SEREIN, IT-Akadeemia)
16.00 – 16.30 Mr Andres Kütt – Advisor at Estonian Information System’s Authority. E-state, e-governance & e-citizen or why we need experts in digital forensics.
16.30 – 17.00 Conclusions of the Day 1
19.00 – 22.00 Reception hosted by prof Erkki Truve, Vice rector of Tallinn. University of Technology (admittance based on earlier registration). House of Brotherhood of the Blackheads
Pikk str 26, 10133 Tallinn
Phone: +372 631 3199

Conference CyberCrime 2014, day 2 (all day in English), 13.11.2014

Moderator Olaf Maennel
08.45 – 09.15 Registration
09.15 – 10.00 Gorazd Božič, Slovenia
Incident Response and CERT Cooperation in the Modern Age
10.00 – 10.15 Coffee break
10.15 – 11.00 Varis Teivāns, Deputy Manager of CERT.LV
“Role of Digital Forensics in Fight Against Cybercrime in Baltic States”
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.00 Matthew Sorell, Australia
Beyond metadata: non-cooperative provenance tracing of digital photography
12.15 – 13.15 Lunch
13.30 – 14.15 Nickolas Falkner, University of Adelaide, Australia.
Security and Automated Configuration: Where Standards and Policy Fail, Complexity Will Not be Enough to Save Us.
14.15 – 15.00 Pavel Laptev, Estonia
Cyber Forensics view from the Estonian Forensic Science Institute
15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 – 16.00 Gergely Toth, Deloitte Cyber Security Team
An Industry perspective on cyber security challenges
16.00 – 16.40 Olaf Maennel, Professor, Tallinn University of Technology.
Summarizing the 2’nd day of the conference

Links:
http://www.conference-expert.eu/en/cybercrime-conference-2014/162-event-programme
https://www.b-ccentre.be/12-13-november-tallinn-international-cybercrime-conference-2014/