Cybersecurity (B.S.)

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With a Cybersecurity (B.S.) degree, you will learn how to identify and protect Information Technology (IT) computer systems, issues, and concepts. Some of these include:

• Network Security: the policies, practices, and security controls to prevent, detect, and monitor unauthorized access of computer networks. 

• Ethical Hacking: the authorized practice of hacking into a system or network to identify and fix security flaws before attackers can find and exploit them. 

• Incident Response: an organization’s planned set of actions taken to manage and recover from a cybersecurity incident or data breach. 

• Cloud Security: the policies, technologies, applications, and controls used to protect data, applications, and infrastructure hosted in a cloud computing system. 

• Risk Management: the process of identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing risks to an organization’s information systems and data. 

• Identity and Access Management: a security framework that manages the digital identities of users and controls verifying their authentication and authorization.