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Employment perspectives

Study site: Computer Science Department of
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Start: Summer and winter term
Language: Currently, only part of the courses are offered in English. For matriculation at TU Darmstadt, foreign students have to submit a language certificate along with their application. Preparatory courses are offered.
Degree course coordinator: Prof. Dr. Stefan Katzenbeisser
Link to the Department of Computer Science
Link to the online registration at TU Darmstadt (german)

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A wide variety of opportunities exist for graduates of this degree course, both in the academic and industrial sectors. Numerous references have substantiated this fact.

• According to the BITKOM, the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media, not enough courses are being offered on IT security by German universities. The introduction of a master’s degree course would alleviate this problem and strengthen the role of Darmstadt, with regards to IT security.
• The importance of apprenticeships and training courses in the area of IT security in Germany was further highlighted by the “Gesellschaft für Informatik” (GI – a non-profit professional organization that supports the field of informatics) with their paper “IT Security and Education” (a recommendation by the “Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)” for promoting IT security in schools and academic institutions).
• According to the IT association ‘Comptia’, IT specialists are in short supply all over the world. Knowledge in the area of IT security increases the market value of IT specialists considerably.
• The “2006 Global Information Security Workforce Study”, which was published by the IDC in December 2006, expressed the opinion that demand for personnel in the IT security sector is growing strongly (“The number of information security professionals worldwide in 2006 is estimated to be 1.5 million, an 8.1% increase over 2005”). It also highlighted the importance of IT security personnel (“On average, more than 41% of information security budgets is spent on personnel, including salaries and benefits, and education and training) and emphasized the importance of education in this area (“Security professionals are asking for additional education and training in the areas of information risk management, business continuity/disaster recovery planning, and forensics.“).
• A regional study on the personnel requirements and perspectives in the IT security area came to the following conclusion: “Additional employees are being sought after urgently for the IT security area at the moment. Approximately one third of those questioned stated that the lack of specialists is serious or very serious. One third of the open positions cannot be filled at the moment. This growth-inhibiting trend will continue in the future. The companies are planning a 65% increase in personnel in this area by 2010; in other words, an additional 330 employees are needed. One half of the participants who assessed this shortage as “serious” or “very serious”, do not think the situation will have improved by 2010.