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Cyber Security master’s theses defense in TalTech (May 2025)

The master’s theses defences of the Cybersecurity MSc programme (IVCM) taught jointly by TalTech and the University of Tartu will take place on May 28-30, on-site (TalTech room ICT-701) and over Teams.

28th May
Time: 10:00
Student: Johan Mattias Juul
Title: CLOSED DEFENCE: Applying Machine Learning for Enhanced Satellite Navigation Defence Mechanisms in Military Context
Supervisor: Ivo Müürsepp; Ivo Pure
Reviewer: Gabor Visky

Time: 10:40
Student: Jan Erik Kriisk
Title: CLOSED DEFENCE: NIST CSF 2.0 Implementation Challenges in the Banking Sector
Supervisor: Sille Arikas
Reviewer: Rain Ottis

Time: 11:20
Student: Karl Rikkonen
Title: CLOSED DEFENCE: From Noise to Knowledge: Developing a Machine Learning-Based Method for Threat Actor Infrastructure Attribution
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi; Marvin Uku
Reviewer: Andrew Roberts

PAUSE 40 MIN
Time: 12:40
Student: Elif Mihrisah Can
Title: Training Needs Analysis for Cybersecurity to the Estonian Space Industry
Supervisor: Adrian Venables; Anna Mandrenko
Reviewer: Birgy Lorenz

Time: 13:20
Student: Annika Lentso
Title: Optimal Cybersecurity Investment of an Interconnected Risk-Neutral Firm
Supervisor: Adrian Venables; Jaan Masso
Reviewer: Rain Ottis

Time: 14:00
Student: Csaba Virag
Title: Building Competitive Cyber Capacity for Europe: A Strategic Framework for Digital Readiness
Supervisor: Rain Ottis
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

Time: 14:40
Student: Julia Anna Grosschmid
Title: Assessing the Economic Impact of Cyberattacks in the Maritime Sector: A Taxonomy-Driven Case Study and Data Analysis
Supervisor: Sanja Bauk
Reviewer: Dan Heering

Time: 15:20
Student: Martin Kilgi
Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Multi-Agent Large Language Model System for Automated Vulnerable Code Repair
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

29th May
Time: 10:00
Student: Timofei Mihhailov
Title: Development of Cybersecurity Learning Material for Future and Current School Teachers in Ida-Virumaa
Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas
Reviewer: Anna Mandrenko

Time: 10:40
Student: Zafer Balkan
Title: Building Task Teams for Incident Response
Supervisor: Ricardo G. Lugo
Reviewer: Rain Ottis

Time: 11:20
Student: Marco Fontana
Title: Human Aspects of OSINT in Corporate Espionage: How Employees Unknowingly Leak Critical Information
Supervisor: Ricardo G. Lugo
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

PAUSE 40 MIN
Time: 12:40
Student: Mert Meiessaar
Title: How to Protect Small Businesses Using Public Cyber Threat Intelligence
Supervisor: Toomas Lepik; Hillar Põldmaa
Reviewer: Andrew Roberts

Time: 13:20
Student: Andres Pelešev
Title: Cybersecurity Regulatory Challenges in Small Modular Reactor Implementation: A Case Study of Estonia
Supervisor: Silvia Lips; Shaymaa Khalil
Reviewer: Felix Waschke

Time: 14:00
Student: Daniel Golubkov
Title: Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing of Authentication and Authorization Protocols
Supervisor: Edmund Laugasson
Reviewer: Ahto Buldas

Time: 14:40
Student: Gustav Gretškov
Title: Portless Device Forensics In the Future
Supervisor: Matthew J. Sorell
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 15:20
Student: Keisuke Konno
Title: Evaluating and Fine-Tuning Large Language Model for Code Vulnerability Detection Across Programming Languages and Code Granularities
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi; Danilo Gligoroski
Reviewer: Andrew Roberts

30th May
Time: 10:00
Student: Luka Kerin
Title: Cybersecurity Knowledge and Behaviour Among Slovenians
Supervisor: Ricardo G. Lugo
Reviewer: Anna Mandrenko

Time: 10:40
Student: Johan Valdemar Leoste
Title: Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning and Machine Learning for Network Intrusion Detection Using Data from the Largest Live-Fire Cyber Defence Excercise
Supervisor: Risto Vaarandi; Allard Dijk
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 11:20
Student: Vito Pavlica
Title: Human-Centered Phishing Detection
Supervisor: Ricardo G. Lugo
Reviewer: Kaido Kikkas

Time: 12:00
Student: Anton Matskevitš
Title: Application of TRIZ to Find Vulnerabilities in Code, Methods of its Transmission, Storage and Execution
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Alejandro G. Manzanares

PAUSE 40 MIN
Time: 13:20
Student: Marko Lindeberg
Title: Analysis and Implementation of ‘APP.4.4: Kubernetes’ from the Estonian Information Security Standard (E-ITS)
Supervisor: Siim Vene
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 14:00
Student: Haider Rehman
Title: Implementing an LLM-Based Agent for Anomaly Detection and Automated Response in Smart Grids
Supervisor: Furqan Amjad
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Time: 14:40
Student: Jaan Erik Lepp
Title: Magic Link Authentication for Enterprise-Level SAAS Software Users
Supervisor: Ricardo G. Lugo
Reviewer: Olaf M. Maennel

Time: 15:20
Student: Elguj Yusifbayli
Title: Use of AI-Based Security Tool Assistance for Improving the Technical Analysis of Incidents in Security Operations Centre
Supervisor: Risto Vaarandi
Reviewer: Felix Waschke

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 (May/June 2020)

Defence of master theses of Cyber Security curriculum on May 28th 2020 online

Time: 10:00
Student: Cheng-Yu Lu
Title: Analyse Journal of XFS Filesystem for Assisting in Event Reconstruction
Supervisor: Pavel Laptev
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 10:40
Student: Simon Victor Jean Laurent Brun
Title: Comprehensive Digital Forensics Analysis of Smart Home Environment
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi, Pavel Tšikul
Reviewer: Matthew Sorell

Time: 11:20
Student: Shaymaa Mamdouh Mohammed Radwan Khalil
Title: Analysis of Windows 10 Hibernation File
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi, Pavel Tšikul
Reviewer: Matthew Sorell

Time: 12:40
Student: Kevin Patric Schmidt
Title: EXTRACTION OF FORENSIC ARTIFACTS FROM HOME ROUTERS
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Matthew Sorell

Time: 13:20
Student: Weerarathna Patabendige Samoda Abeydeera
Title: Fileless Malware Detection in Cloud Environment Using Machine Learning Techniques
Supervisor: Alejandro Guerra Manzanares
Reviewer: Sven Nõmm

Defence of master theses of Cyber Security curriculum on May 29th 2020 online

Time: 10:00
Student: Andreas Jürimäe
Title: The Effectiveness of DMARC and Usage of DMARC in Estonian Government Institutions
Supervisor: Kieren Lovell
Reviewer: Dan Heering

Time: 10:40
Student: Liubomyr Kushnir
Title: Benchmarking of Post-hoc Local Interpretability Methods for Classifying Malicious Traffic
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi, Sven Nõmm
Reviewer: Alejandro Manzanares

Time: 11:20
Student: Huu Phuc Nguyen
Title: Research Method in Detecting Swapped Face Image and Video Forgery
Supervisor: Matthew Sorell
Reviewer: Pavel Tšikul

Time: 12:40
Student: Rohin Sambath Kumar
Title: Analyzing the Face Value of Fake Accounts in Online Social Networks
Supervisor: Birgy Lorenz
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

Time: 13:20
Student: Mykyta Zaitsev
Title: Developing learning pathways for massive open online courses by the example of the rangeforce cyberskills training platform
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel, Margus Ernits
Reviewer: Birgy Lorenz

Time: 14:00
Student: Martin Chmelař
Title: Utilizing Mitre att&ck to Create Adversary Reports of Live-fire Cybersecurity Exercises for Feedback Purposes
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel
Reviewer: Rain Ottis

Time: 14:40
Student: Ilkin Huseynov
Title: The Analysis of the Current Cyber Security Actions Taken in the e-Government of Azerbaijan and Proposal of the Improvement Plan
Supervisor: Mika Juha Kerttunen
Reviewer: Adrian Venables

Time: 15:20
Student: Belgin Tastan
Title: Comparing the Security Assessment Models on the Detection of Critical Vulnerabilities in Web Services
Supervisor: Mika Kerttunen, Andro Kull
Reviewer: Pavel Tšikul

Defence of master theses of Cyber Security curriculum on June 1st 2020 in ICT-315 (closed defences) & online

Time: 10:00
Student: Juri Kononov
Title: Network Policy Management is Service Rich Environment
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel, Jaan Priisalu
Reviewer: Mart Järvi, Uko Valtenberg

Time: 10:40
Student: Maria Toomsalu
Title: Vulnerability Analysis of an Organisation on the basis of a Semi-Formal Model
Supervisor: Peeter Laud, Jaan Priisalu
Reviewer: Aleksandr Lenin

Time: 11:20
Student: Kaarel Allemann
Title: Effects of the New Integration Design on the KOLT Security
Supervisor: Ahto Buldas
Reviewer: Aleksandr Lenin

Time: 14:00
Student: Fernando Gonzalo Bauzá Sáinz De Baranda
Title: How to Mess with Log Collectors and Analyze their Response in Microsoft Networks with an Example of the Elk Stack
Supervisor: Toomas Lepik
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Time: 14:40
Student: Andres Pihlak
Title: Continuous Docker Image Analysis and Intrusion Detection Based on Open-source Tools
Supervisor: Mauno Pihelgas
Reviewer: Kristian Kivimägi

Time: 15:20
Student: Maarja-Liisa Tammepõld
Title: Securing the centralized logging system by the example of Elasticsearch
Supervisor: Toomas Lepik
Reviewer: Risto Vaarandi

Defence of master theses of Cyber Security curriculum on June 2nd 2020 online

Time: 10:00
Student: Kadri Cahani
Title: Aligning Information Security Risks with Strategic Goals
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Kaie Maennel

Time: 10:40
Student: Martin Leppik
Title: Improving AWS S3 Security at a Medium-sized Company: Challenges and Solutions
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Tiia Sõmer

Time: 11:20
Student: Karl Lubja
Title: Systematic Generation of Cyber Attack Scenarios Against A Ship
Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi
Reviewer: Olaf Maennel

Time: 12:40
Student: Illia Petrash
Title: User Behaviour During Covid-19 from the Perspective of a Telco Server
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel
Reviewer: Toomas Lepik

Time: 13:20
Student: Rishikesh Ram Shankaran
Title: Comparative Study on Perception and Preparedness of a User Towards Cybersecurity Threats in IoT and Mobile Devices
Supervisor: Stefan Sütterlin
Reviewer: Eneken Tikk

Time: 14:00
Student: Ilja Šmarjov
Title: OWASP secure coding practices checklist and training: assessment of effectiveness in a technology company
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel
Reviewer: Margus Ernits

Time: 14:40
Student: Marvin Uku
Title: Evaluation method for smart home and smart grid authentication protocols
Supervisor: Olaf Maennel
Reviewer: Hayretdin Bahsi

Time: 15:20
Student: Sania Akif Malik
Title: The Effect of Interindividual Differences in Metacognitive Accuracy on Cybersecurity Decisions
Supervisor: Stefan Sütterlin
Reviewer: Mika Juha Kerttunen