Information Brochure

Over the past years, computer technology has forced everyone to change the way they do things. Even the

criminals have adapted to the information age. The threats of cyber attacks are increasingly apparent to

individuals and organizations across the globe. From hacking to phishing, scamming to grooming, and

botnets to cyber-terrorism, the variety and ingenuity of exploits appear to expand constantly.

The unprecedented incidence of crimes in the information and communication systems, made a compulsion

to fill up the vacuum created due to the dearth of experts. This could be overcome by creating experts in the

field of Cyber Security and Digital Forensics. Chances of getting victimized accidentally are more common

in the current era. To sensitize the people and to protect oneself from landing in such a scenario, there is a

need of specialized academic programs which will ultimately culminate in the expertise. This academia

imparts overall security measures required for the protection through various misadventures with the

electronic systems. It would also provide comprehensive solution for the preventive care and also for the

post traumatic measures to be taken. It also addresses system vulnerabilities and the preventative measures

that may counter cyber-attacks, including steps to repair systems weaknesses, prevent repeat occurrences,

and collecting and examining digital evidence using a variety of digital and mobile forensics tools and

technology.

The aim of these programs is to provide learners with essential expert technical knowledge, competence

and research skills of the most important technical concepts of cyber security and how they are applied in

emerging areas such as device security and forensics.

The courses are technical and practical in nature, uniquely embedded in industry, and develops in-depth

expertise of core technical topics within the area of cyber security and digital forensics such as information

security, secure programming, network security, penetration testing, malware analysis, IT law and ethics,

and technologies and tools that support application and service vulnerability detection, incident detection,

data and log retrieval and analysis. Courses also provide a sharper focus into forensics and cyber security

through the elective subjects that are offered to the learners.

 M.Sc. Digital Forensic and Information Security

Course Structure

Semester – I

Paper – 1: Cyber Law and IRM

Paper – 2: Forensic Application Development and Networking Concepts

Paper – 3: Digital Forensics Part – 1

Paper – 4: Introduction to Forensic Science and Law

Semester – II

Paper – 1: Threats to Web Infrastructure, its Defense and Resilience

Paper – 2: Digital Forensics Part – 2

Paper – 3: Malware Analysis

Paper – 4: Minor Project – 1

Semester – III

Paper – 1: Network Security and Forensics

Paper – 2: Mobile Security and Forensics

Paper – 3: Elective

Paper – 4: Minor Project – 1

Semester – IV

Project / Dissertation
 Admission procedure

Program: M. Sc. Digital Forensics and Information Security (Full Time)

Intake: 50
Duration: 2 years (4 Semesters)

Eligibility for Admission:

Student seeking admission to the above mentioned program must fulfill the following criteria:

B.E./B.TECH. in Computer Engineering/Technology or Computer Science and Engineering or Information

Technology Engineering or Information and Communication technology or B.Sc. (IT/CS/Math/Electronics/
Forensic Science with computer forensics) or Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) or equivalent
qualification from recognized University with minimum 55% (50% for SC/ST/SEBC candidates) at the
qualifying examination.

Admission Procedure:

Merit list will be prepared on the basis of 100 % of Score of Entrance Test conducted by the Gujarat
Forensic SciencesUniversity.

Details of Entrance Exam:

The entrance examination for the admission in M. Sc. Digital Forensics and Information Security will be
conducted by GFSU at Gandhinagar and will be based on computer fundamentals like Operating Systems,
Programming, Database, Networking and other concepts taught in Computer Applications /
ComputerScience / Computer Engineering / Computer Technology. The exam will be in Multiple Choice
Question (MCQ) format and will not have any negative marks. There will be 50 questions and each
question will carry TWO marks.

Fees Structure:

 Semester Tuition fee: Rs.50, 000/- per semester + Other University fees
 M. Sc. Cyber Security

Course Structure

Semester – I

Paper – 1 Cyber Security Essentials and Incident Response Management

Paper – 2 Cyber Security Audit and Compliance

Paper – 3 Web Application Security

Paper – 4 Network Security

Paper – 5 Introduction to Forensic Science and Law

Semester – II

Paper – 1 Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

Paper – 2 Threat Hunting and Scripting

Paper – 3 Malware Analysis

Paper – 4 Digital Forensics

Paper – 5 Minor Project - 1

 Admission procedure

Program: M. Sc. Cyber Security (Full Time)

Intake: 50
Duration: 2 years (4 Semesters)

Eligibility for Admission:

A student seeking admission to any M. Sc. Program must fulfill the following criteria:

B.E./B.TECH. in Computer Engineering/Technology or Computer Science and Engineering or Information

Technology Engineering or Information and Communication technology or B.Sc. (IT/CS/Math/Electronics/
Forensic Science with computer forensics) or Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) or equivalent
qualification from recognized University with minimum 55% (50% for SC/ST/SEBC candidates) at the
qualifying examination.

Admission Procedure:

Admission shall be given on the merit based on 100 % of Score of Entrance Test conducted by the Gujarat
Forensic Sciences University.

Details of Examination:

The entrance examination for the admission in M. Sc. Cyber Security will be conducted by GFSU at
Gandhinagar and will be based on computer fundamentals like Operating Systems, Programming,
Database, Networking and other concepts taught in Computer Applications / Computer Science / Computer
Engineering / Computer Technology. The exam will be in Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) format and will
not have any negative marks. There will be 50 questions and each question will carry TWOmarks.

Fees Structure:

 Semester Tuition fee: Rs.50,000/- per semester + Other University fees

 M. Tech. Cyber Security & Incident Response

Course Structure
Semester – I

Paper – 1 Cyber Law, Policies and Compliance

Paper – 2 Introduction to OS and Scripting

Paper – 3 Network Security and Forensics

Paper – 4 Threats to Web Infrastructure, its Defense and Resilience

Paper – 5 Introduction to Forensic Science and Law

Semester – II

Paper – 1 Malware Analysis and Forensics

Paper – 2 Mobile Phone Security and Forensics

Paper – 3 Incident Response and e-Discovery

Paper – 4 Digital Forensics

Paper – 5 Elective

Semester – III

Major Project - I

Semester – IV

Major Project – II
 Admission Procedure

Program: M. Tech. Cyber Security & Incident Response (Full Time)

Intake: 50
Duration: 2 years (4 Semesters)

Eligibility for Admission:

A student seeking admission to any M. Tech. Program must fulfill the following criteria:

B.E./B.TECH. in Computer Engineering/Technology or Computer Science and Engineering or Information

Technology Engineering or Information and Communication technology or equivalent qualification from
recognized University with minimum 55% (50% for SC/ST/SEBC candidates) at the qualifying
examination.

Admission Procedure:

Admission shall be given on the merit by adopting one of the following methods as decided by Academic
Council.

100% of the GATE Score for GATE qualified students.

OR
100% of Score of Entrance Test conducted for Non-GATE qualified students by the Gujarat Forensic
Sciences University. (The preference will be given to GATE qualified over Non-GATE qualified students
in merit list.)

Details of Entrance Examination:

The entrance examination for the admission in M. Tech. Cyber Security & Incident Response will be
conducted by GFSU at Gandhinagar and will be based on computer fundamentals like Operating Systems,
Programming, Database, Networking and other concepts taught in Computer Applications / Computer
Science / Computer Engineering / Computer Technology. The exam will be in Multiple Choice Question
(MCQ) format and will not have any negative marks. There will be 50 questions and each question will
carry TWO marks.

Fees Structure:

 Semester Tuition fee: Rs.65,000/- per semester + Other University fees

Facilities
To achieve these goals, GFSU has established state-of-the-art Cyber Defence Centre. It is a hybrid setup

consisting of physical and virtual environments that simulates Cyber Range. GFSU also have laboratories

which are equipped with the tools and technologies like Threat Intelligence, Fuzz Testing, E-Discovery,

Malware and Ransomware Analysis, IoT security, Darknet, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data

Science, Cloud, Blockchain, Mobile Forensics, Computer Forensics, CDR Analysis and Multimedia

Forensics and many more.

Placements

The University has full-fledged Training and Placements Cell which provides placement assistance for

internship as well as job placement to the students of M Tech Cyber Security and Incident Response; M Sc

Digital Forensics and Information Security and M Sc Cyber Security. The Training and Placement Cell

works rigorously throughout the year, arranging placements for their students, in various organizations

around the world. Most of the students from these courses received good internship offer with stipend.

Our students get placed at reputed multinational companies and government organizations.Average

placement for two courses* is 80 %; Average stipend offered was 25000/- INR and average package

offered was 6 Lakh per annum.

* Placement details of M Sc Cyber Security will be available in the next year as the course starts from

academic year 2019-20.