BUT Networks and telecoms - Cybersecurity

The Networks & Telecommunications degree - Cybersecurity pathway is a diploma focusing on cybersecurity in digital professions. It prepares students for the full range of jobs related to information systems security, from installing security equipment to monitoring it.

 The Cybersecurity R&T graduate is capable of administering a secure information system, supervising it and detecting and countering computer attacks.

This diploma trains senior technicians specialising in the following areas:

• IT networks: internet, operators, internet of things, etc.
• Telecommunications: transmissions, telephony, etc.
• IT: programming, web applications, etc.

The course is structured into 5 skill blocks. 3 skill blocks make up the core of the speciality:

• Administering networks and the Internet
• Connecting businesses and users
• Creating IT tools and applications for R&T

These skills are developed in the first year and throughout the three years of the BUT.

2 additional skill blocks make up the Cybersecurity pathway:

• Managing a secure information system
• Monitoring a secure information system

These skills begin in the second year.

Recruitment level : Bac (access 1^re year) and Bac+2 (access 2^e year)

Accessible in : initial training (1^re year), sandwich course (2^e  and 3^e years).

Training required :

To enrol in BUT1

Hold one of the following qualifications:

• General baccalaureates: students who have taken the following special subjects or options: "Mathematics"; "Physics - Chemistry"; "Engineering Sciences"; "Numeracy and Computer Sciences"; "Economic and Social Sciences".
• Technological baccalauréats: STIDD-SIN
• Reorientation in higher education: L1 (scientific field), preparatory classes
• Admission is possible through validation of prior learning (VAE) or validation of professional and personal experience (VAPP).

Entry to BUT2 (initial training or sandwich course) : BUT1 R&T or BTS speciality: SIO, IRIS

Entering BUT3 (initial or sandwich training) : BUT2 R&T

Examination on the basis of a portfolio, depending on the specialities studied and the number of places available.

Admission requirements :

Applications are selected on the basis of their academic record and are supplemented by a motivational interview. The criteria taken into account are :

• The covering letter
• Report cards from Première and Terminale
• Assessments by the head teacher and/or main teachers
• The motivations expressed by candidates during the interview.

Registration form:

GOAL1 Online application on : www.parcoursup.fr

• Deadline for applications (mid-January to mid-March)
• Selection of applications and interview (mid-May)
• Results of the Admissions Committee (end of May)
• Administrative registration after bac results (early July)
• Courses start at the beginning of September

GOALS2 and 3 : Application to be submitted on the University of Guyana's e-candidat platform.

Candidates may also submit an unsolicited application outside the higher education course to the Head of the R&T Department at the Kourou IUT.

The professions targeted are those linked to the design, deployment, administration, supervision and security of computer or telecommunications networks:

• Installation / Maintenance of networks
• Network and communication and information systems architect
• Software and hardware maintenance manager for telecommunications networks and facilities
• Safety auditor (pentester)

Sectors of activity

• Companies and government departments that manage their own information and communication systems (banks, insurance companies, hospitals, local authorities, large companies, etc.)
• Web or IT development companies
• Telecommunications operators and Internet Service Providers
• In IT service and engineering companies (SSI)

Further studies

• Engineering schools (graduation at Bac+5, entry at Bac+2/Bac+3 depending on the school) : Institut Mines Télécom  ( Brest, Rennes, Paris, Nantes, Lille, Alès ), INSA (Toulouse, Lyon, Rennes, Strasbourg), ESNA (Rennes), ENSEIRB-MATMECA (Bordeaux), ENSEEIHT (Toulouse), ENSSAT (Lannion), ESIR (Rennes), Polytech Nantes, etc.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Networks, Network Engineering, Computer Security, Cybersecurity.