Internships of the department's academic staff in scientific institutions, enterprises and organizations in real-life professional settings, as well as in other higher education institutions, allow teachers not only to share experiences and improve themselves but also to introduce new technologies and best teaching practices in their disciplines, which is the basis for improving the department's educational programs and enhancing the quality of knowledge of higher education students.
A special place in the professional development of the Department's teachers is occupied by international professional internships, which allow them to master modern methods and technologies of teaching European-level cybersecurity and information protection disciplines directly in higher education institutions of EU countries and implement them in the educational programs "Cybersecurity" and "Cybersecurity and Information Protection" of bachelor's and master's degrees at Khmelnytsky National University. International internships open new perspectives in establishing contacts and allow for the expansion of international cooperation and the involvement of teachers and students of the Department of Cybersecurity.
In the period from January 30 to March 10, 2023, teachers of the Department of Cybersecurity Volodymyr Dzhulii, Maria Kapustian, Ihor Mulyar, Yurii Khmelnytskyi and Viktor Cheshun are undergoing an international internship at the University of Bielsko-Biala (Bielsko-Biala, Poland) as part of a program of research cooperation between universities in the field of cybersecurity under a cooperation agreement between KhNU and the University of Bielsko-Biala. The purpose of the internship is to strengthen and improve the internationalization component of the department and to popularize and develop academic mobility programs (Double Diploma programs, etc.), to get acquainted with the experience of introducing new forms of organization and methods of education into the educational process, to expand the possibilities of using tools for training bachelors and masters in the speciality "Cybersecurity and Information Protection" in modern education. The internship is based on individual programs, which allow teachers to master various aspects and technologies in cybersecurity and information protection that best meet teachers' professional interests and educational courses and integrate the acquired knowledge and experience into the relevant courses.