The NSU Cybersecurity Center is embedded within North South University and aligned with the APAC Cybersecurity Fund program led by The Asia Foundation. It adopts a sustainable approach to training cybersecurity talent and delivering hands-on support to MSMEs, NGOs, and community organizations in Bangladesh.
The center offers two core in-person courses: "Digital Hygiene and Cybersecurity Awareness" (12 hours, for general audiences) and "Risk Assessment & Incident Response for MSMEs" (24 hours, for tech-oriented personnel).
The Digital Hygiene course is open to general audiences including students and professionals. The Risk Assessment course is designed for tech-oriented personnel who will work with MSMEs and organizations on cybersecurity assessments.
Students gain hands-on experience with open-source tools including OpenVAS, Nikto, Nessus, Lynis, and Sysinternals, along with NIST frameworks for incident response planning.
The top 10 performing students from the Risk Assessment course conduct on-site audits at MSMEs and NGOs to identify and remediate vulnerabilities, delivering detailed security reports.
MSMEs, NGOs, and community organizations can contact the center at office.csc@northsouth.edu for risk assessments, awareness workshops, and incident response planning support.
Yes. The center is part of the APAC Cybersecurity Fund, an initiative by The Asia Foundation supported by Google.org, spanning 13 countries including Bangladesh.
Email office.csc@northsouth.edu or visit the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North South University, Plot 15, Block B, Bashundhara, Dhaka-1229.