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

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 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