Tallinn University of Technology

TalTech and University of Tartu joint Cybersecurity Master's Program Thesis Defences will take place Monday - Wednesday 1-3 June 2026, starting at 9AM

Schedule

  • 09:00 - 10:00 - CLOSED DEFENCE
    Vladyslava Shekula Improving the Security of Industrial Communication Protocols in Operational Technology (OT) Manufacturing Environments 
    Supervisors: Aleksi Kajander; Anastasiya Kornitska
  • 10:00 - 10:40 
    Kyrill Alexander Baron von Toll Towards a Guideline for NIS2 Compliant Security Testing in Digital Twins of Cyber-Physical Systems
    Supervisor: Aleksi Kajander
  • 10:40 - 11:20
    Marja-Liisa Soone Assessing Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness in the Banking Sector
    Supervisors: Jelizaveta Vakarjuk; Nikita Snetkov

  • 11:20 - 12:00
    Matvei Mõskiv Ethereum Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection Using Multi-Agent Claude Model
    Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi

  • PAUSE 40 min

  • 12:40 - 13:20
    Marcin Mateusz Badora Effectiveness of Red Team Tactics, Techniques and Procedures in the Context of Locked Shields
    Supervisors: Rain Ottis; Bernhard Lippe
  • 13:20 - 14:00
    Mihkel Jõgeda Propagation of Artifacts Between iOS Devices
    Supervisor: Matthew Sorell

  • 14:00 - 14:40
    Villem Susi Secure Location Sharing on Android Devices Using Zero Trust Principles
    Supervisor: Matthew Sorell

  • PAUSE 10 min

  • 14:50 - 15:30
    Kristjan Tamm Bypassing Android's Sandbox Security - A Deep Dive into Privilege Escalation Exploits
    Supervisor: Matthew Sorell
  • 15:30 - 16:10
    Aaryan Nair Interaction of Law and Technology - AI Accountability in Cybersecurity Under the EU Digital Services Act
    Supervisor: Aleksi Kajander

  • 16:10 - 16:50
    Anett Pärismaa Operational EU AI Act Article 15 through Adversarial Testing
    Supervisors: Adrian Venables; Markko Liutkevičius

  • 09:20 - 10:00
    Haider Rehman The Importance and Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Pakistani Students 
    Supervisor: Ricardo Lugo
  • 10:00 - 10:40 
    Urve Aavik Principles and Application of Secure Development in the Public Sector
    Supervisor: Toomas Lepik
  • 10:40 - 11:20
    Anton Kolisnetšenko Analysis of E-ITS Control Coverage for MITRE ATT&CK PKI and Cryptography-Related Techniques
    Supervisor: Toomas Lepik

  • 11:20 - 12:00
    Anton Višnevski MATRIX - Multi Agent Twin for Reality, Influence, and X-Domain
    Supervisor: Pavel Chikul

  • PAUSE 40 min

  • 12:40 - 13:20
    Nikolai Ovtšinnikov Performance Comparison of AVL Hash Trees and Sparse Merkle Trees
    Supervisor: Ahto Truu
  • 13:20 - 14:00
    Sten Leinasaar A Multi-Agent LLM Framework for Prompt Injection Dataset Generation
    Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi

  • 14:00 - 14:40
    Marvin Helstein Indirect Prompt Injection Automation Against LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems
    Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi

  • PAUSE 10 min

  • 14:50 - 15:30
    Nikolaus Riedl LLM-Based Pipeline with Multi-Stage Validation and Empirical Evaluation
    Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi

  • 15:30 - 16:10
    Herman Karu Evaluating Multi-Agent Large Language Models for Static Malware Reverse Engineering and Analysis
    Supervisor: Hayretdin Bahsi

  • 09:20 - 10:00
    Farkas Pongrácz Evaluating AI-Based Defences Against AI-Generated Social Engineering: A Technical and Human-Centred Analysis
    Supervisor: Adrian Venables
  • 10:00 - 10:40 
    Anti Allikvee Assessing the Administrative Implications of Estonian Regulatory Information Security Framework
    Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas
  • 10:40 - 11:20
    Markus Joonas Palu Mapping Pandemic Events, Attacker Adaptation, and Psychological Manipulation in COVID-19 Phishing
    Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas

  • 11:20 - 12:00
    Priscila da Silva Leopoldino Cyber Sanctions: Applicability and Challenges in the European Union
    Supervisor: Aleksi Kajander

  • PAUSE 40 min

  • 12:40 - 13:20
    Airi Miilits Behavioural Drift in Large Language Models: The Impact of Framing and Multi-Turn Interaction in Organisational Contexts
    Supervisor: Ricardo Lugo
  • 13:20 - 14:00
    Uku Joosep Palu An Analysis of the Actionability of Predictive Cyber Threat Intelligence
    Supervisor: Margus Ernits

  • 14:00 - 14:40
    Sanan Mammadli Reducing Alert Fatigue in Security Operation Centres: LLM-Based Intelligent Alert Triage
    Supervisor: Ahmed Nasr

  • PAUSE 10 min

  • 14:50 - 15:30
    Konor Sajti Perceptual Modalities in Offensive Cyberspace Operations: Tools; Practices and Experiences of Targeting
    Supervisor: Rain Ottis
  • 15:30 - 16:10
    Olari Pipenberg Design and Implementation of E-ITS Compliant Kubernetes Cluster with Automated Auditing
    Supervisors: Risto Vaarandi; Thomas Lepik