Information Sciences for Security
Second-level University Master — 60 ECTS, one year, 100% online
Presentazione
Institution
eCampus University (Via Isimbardi 10, 22060 Novedrate — CO, Italy) established, in partnership with Ruibal Formación, the second-level University Master in Information Sciences for Security, pursuant to Art. 3(9) of Ministerial Decree No. 270 of 22 October 2004. The Master lasts one year, for a total of 1,500 hours, delivered fully online on a platform available 24/7.
Objectives
Developed on an interdisciplinary basis, the Master aims to provide participants with adequate preparation to increase their awareness of matters of national interest and its defence, in all their facets, in the face of the challenges of globalisation and transnational threats.
Who it is for
- State officials
- Business operators
- Financial and import-export operators
- Geopolitics scholars and analysts
- Media professionals
- Private security-sector operators
- University researchers and scholars
- Anyone wishing to gain adequate knowledge of the subjects covered
Admission requirements
Admission requires at least a Master's degree, specialist degree or pre-1999 degree awarded in Italy, or an equivalent qualification. Applicants who expect to obtain the qualification before the Master begins may also apply.
Structure and ECTS
- International Law and Security Regulations (IUS/13) — 9 ECTS
- National Security and Critical Infrastructure (SPS/04) — 9 ECTS
- Information Analysis and Intelligence (IUS/16) — 12 ECTS
- Unconventional Conflict and Terrorism (SPS/04) — 9 ECTS
- Illicit Financing and Money Laundering (IUS/12) — 9 ECTS
- Final dissertation — 12 ECTS
Total: 60 ECTS
International Law and Security Regulations (IUS/13) — Prof. Renato Caputo
- International legislation: the United Nations
- EU counter-terrorism regulations
- Overview of other States' counter-terrorism legislation
- Italian counter-terrorism law
- National rules countering the financing of terrorism
- The modernisation of Italian intelligence
- The relationship between Intelligence and Police forces in counter-terrorism
- The Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- Classified documentation and State secrecy in the national security system
National Security and Critical Infrastructure (SPS/04) — Prof. Germana Tappero Merlo
- The Republic's Security Information System
- Parliamentary oversight of the Information System
- Economic and financial security
- Critical infrastructure: threats and security
- Fundamentals of operational continuity
- Cyber war, cyber warfare and cyber security
- National and international cyber security
Information Analysis and Intelligence (IUS/16) — Gen. Antonello Vitale
- General theory of analysis
- Security and intelligence in the contemporary world
- The language of information bodies
- The intelligence cycle
- Human Intelligence
- Intelligence and technological tools
- Open sources
- Techniques and tools for intelligence analysis
Unconventional Conflict and Terrorism (SPS/04) — Prof. Vittorfranco Pisano
- Nature of unconventional conflict
- Terrorism and the sponsorship of terrorism
- Negotiations and concessions
- Endogenous and exogenous terrorism in Western Europe
- Disinformation
- Irregular migration
- Countering terrorism
Illicit Financing and Money Laundering (IUS/12) — Prof. Paola Porcelli
- Organised crime in Italy: evolution and current structure
- The legal framework of money laundering (Arts. 416-bis and 648-bis of the Criminal Code)
- The global drug trade; drug trafficking and money laundering
- Italian and foreign organised crime in the drug sector
- Drug routes
- Tools to counter drug trafficking: Italian legislation
- Undercover police operations
On completion of the programme, once the final dissertation has been passed, eCampus Online University awards the title of second-level University Master in "Information Sciences for Security", for a total of 60 ECTS.
The Master stems from the collaboration between the National Register of Intelligence Analysts, Ruibal Formación and eCampus University, with the aim of strengthening the link between academia and the bodies responsible for information analysis and security.
Enrolment Open
The Master's Registrar is available to provide free information on admission requirements and enrolment procedures.
Talk to the Registrar
Call the free toll-free number to speak with the Master's coordinator, Prof. Renato Caputo.
Call 800 145 089 Send us a message