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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 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