Tallinn University of Technology

TalTech and University of Tartu joint Cybersecurity MSc program thesis defenses will take place on 28 - 30th May, starting at 10 AM.

  • 10:00 - 10:40 - CLOSED DEFENCE
    Johan Mattias Juul Applying Machine Learning for Enhanced Satellite Navigation Defence Mechanisms in Military Context 
    Supervisors: Ivo Müürsepp; Ivo Pure
  • 10:40 - 11:20 - CLOSED DEFENCE
    Jan Erik Kriisk NIST CSF 2.0 Implementation Challenges in the Banking Sector
    Supervisor: Sille Arikas
  • 11:20 - 12:00 - CLOSED DEFENCE
    Karl Rikkonen From Noise to Knowledge: Developing a Machine Learning-Based Method for Threat Actor Infrastructure Attribution
    Supervisors: Hayretdin Bahsi; Marvin Uku
  • PAUSE 40 min
  • 12:40 - 13:20
    Elif Mihrisah Can Training Needs Analysis for Cybersecurity to the Estonian Space Industry
    Supervisors: Adrian Venables; Anna Mandrenko
  • 13:20 - 14:00
    Annika Lentso Optimal Cybersecurity Investment of an Interconnected Risk-Neutral Firm
    Supervisors: Adrian Venables; Jaan Masso
  • 14:00 - 14:40
    Csaba Virag Building Competitive Cyber Capacity for Europe: A Strategic Framework for Digital Readiness
    Supervisor: Rain Ottis
  • 14:40 - 15:20
    Julia Anna Grosschmid Assessing the Economic Impact of Cyberattacks in the Maritime Sector: A Taxonomy-Driven Case Study and Data Analysis
    Supervisor: Sanja Bauk
  • 15:20 - 16:00
    Martin Kilgi Evaluating the Effectiveness of Multi-Agent Large Language Model System for Automated Vulnerable Code Repair
    Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi

  • 10:00 - 10:40 
    Timofei Mihhailov Development of Cybersecurity Learning Material for Future and Current School Teachers in Ida-Virumaa
    Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas
  • 10:40 - 11:20 
    Zafer Balkan Building Task Teams for Incident Response
    Supervisor: Ricardo Gregorio Lugo
  • 11:20 - 12:00 
    Marco Fontana Human Aspects of OSINT in Corporate Espionage: How Employees Unknowingly Leak Critical Information
    Supervisor: Ricardo Gregorio Lugo
  • PAUSE 40 min
  • 12:40 - 13:20
    Mert Meiessaar How to Protect Small Businesses Using Public Cyber Threat Intelligence
    Supervisors: Toomas Lepik; Hillar Põldmaa
  • 13:20 - 14:00
    Andres Pelešev Cybersecurity Regulatory Challenges in Small Modular Reactor Implementation: A Case Study of Estonia
    Supervisors: Silvia Lips; Shaymaa Khalil
  • 14:00 - 14:40
    Daniel Golubkov Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing of Authentication and Authorization Protocols
    Supervisor: Edmund Laugasson
  • 14:40 - 15:20
    Gustav Gretškov Portless Device Forensics In the Future
    Supervisor: Matthew J. Sorell
  • 15:20 - 16:00
    Keisuke Konno Evaluating and Fine-Tuning Large Language Model for Code Vulnerability Detection Across Programming Languages and Code Granularities
    Supervisors: Hayretdin Bahsi; Danilo Gligoroski

  • 10:00 - 10:40 
    Luka Kerin Cybersecurity Knowledge and Behaviour Among Slovenians
    Supervisor: Ricardo G. Lugo
  • 10:40 - 11:20
    Johan Valdemar Leoste Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning and Machine Learning for Network Intrusion Detection Using Data from the Largest Live-Fire Cyber Defence Excercise
    Supervisors: Risto Vaarandi; Allard Dijk
  • 11:20 - 12:00 
    Vito Pavlica Human-Centered Phishing Detection
    Supervisor: Ricardo G. Lugo
  • 12:00 - 12:40 
    Anton Matskevitš Application of TRIZ to Find Vulnerabilities in Code, Methods of its Transmission, Storage and Execution
    Supervisor: Hayrtedin Bahsi
  • PAUSE 40 min
  • 13:20 - 14:00
    Marko Lindeberg Analysis and Implementation of 'APP.4.4: Kubernetes' from the Estonian Information Security Standard (E-ITS)
    Supervisor: Siim Vene
  • 14:00 - 14:40
    Haider Rehman Implementing an LLM-Based Agent for Anomaly Detection and Automated Response in Smart Grids
    Supervisor: Furqan Amjad
  • 14:40 - 15:20
    Jaan Erik Lepp Magic Link Authentication for Enterprise-Level SAAS Software Users
    Supervisor: Ricardo G. Lugo
  • 15:20 - 16:00
    Elguj Yusifbayli Use of AI-Based Security Tool Assistance for Improving the Technical Analysis of Incidents in Security Operations Centre
    Supervisor: Risto Vaarandi

Microsoft Teams 

Meeting ID: 319 474 516 205 4

Passcode: h7dd7QE6

If you run into issues, contact Emily Ridal (Emily.Ridal@taltech.ee)