IT Security in Lübeck – The design of a modern and future-proof security curriculum

With the increasing reliance on digitally connected systems, the need for secure and dependable systems continues to rise in lockstep with the need for well trained security professionals that can address this rising demand. The University of Lübeck established a new degree program in IT Security in the Fall of 2016. The creation of the degree program results from a high demand for specialists both nationally and internationally, along with the already existing strengths in security and dependability related research areas at the institutes of the university. The educational goals of the new degree program are the training of computer scientists with profound practical skills in building and protecting secure and dependable IT systems as well as all the necessary theoretical background to create systems according to the security by design principle on a large scale.