Department of Cybersecurity
The CS Department trains specialists under the following educational programs: 6B06301 ‘Information Security’, 7M06301 ‘Comprehensive Information Security Assurance’ (1, 2 years), 8D06301 ‘Information Security Systems’.
The CS Department employs about 30 faculty members, including 6 professors (Doctors of Science), 3 associate professors, 6 PhD holders, and 2 Candidates of Science.
The CS Department operates 5 laboratories: ‘HUAWEI’, ‘1C’, ‘Cisco’, and ‘Lenovo’, as well as an accredited Research Laboratory for Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence.
Over the years, more than 30 grant-funded and contract (industry-funded) research projects have been completed. In 2025–2026 alone, the department is implementing 7 research projects in the areas of ‘Cybersecurity’ and ‘Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence’ with a total budget of KZT 1,284,097,363.
The department’s educational programs cooperate with Penn State University in the USA (3+1+1 program).
Under the 6B06301 ‘Information Security’ program, students have the opportunity to transfer to dual or online learning, including with retention of the scholarship/grant (via the Adway platform).
The department has direct ties with companies such as: TSARKA, Halyk Bank, Noventiq, Kazakhtelecom, Kaspi, Otbasy Bank, CenterCredit, Kcell, 1C Kazakhstan, HUAWEI Kazakhstan, Centurion IT, the National Security Committee (KNB), the ‘State Technical Service’ (KZ-CERT), and others.
Under the supervision of the department’s faculty, 11 doctoral dissertations, over 70 candidate (PhD-equivalent) dissertations, and dozens of PhD dissertations have been defended. The department’s graduates successfully work in Kazakhstan, CIS countries, and abroad—in Canada, the USA, Germany, Israel, India, Turkey, and other countries.
Head of the Department:
Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor, Yagaliyeva Bagdat Esenovna
Educational programs
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Distance education
