Cybersecurity (Bachelor of Science)

With a bachelor of science in cybersecurity, students can test, implement and configure any new security software and/or technologies, apply sound security policy to their daily jobs, and provide protection and disaster recovery to companies' business systems. 

We live in an information society. Nothing could be more important than protecting that information. Today, security software professionals are in high demand.

Career Opportunities

• Graduates are able to monitor security systems, including firewalls and intrusion detection systems; create, implement, and oversee security policies; plan disaster recovery; conduct regular compliance audits, and prepare to take the CISSP certification exam.

5-Year B.S./M.S. Cybersecurity Program

• Our Dual Degree Program in Cybersecurity provides talented students the opportunity to complete both their bachelor's and master's degree in only five years. Graduates of this challenging but rewarding dual program go on to take leadership positions in business and in the government.

Cybersecurity Accolades

• Designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.

Program Outcomes
By the end of this program, students should be able to:

• List the fundamental concepts of information assurance and cyber defense.
• Identify the vulnerabilities in network infrastructures, and monitor the attack activities.
• Describe proactive/reactive protocols, tools and techniques, apply the countermeasures.
• Produce secure software components and perform software security analysis.
• Describe cryptographic protocols, tools and techniques and apply crypto algorithms.
• List applicability of laws and policies and describe the compliances and their impacts.

Take The Next Step

• We believe if colleges were more open, people's minds would be more open, too. Because if all kinds of students got degrees, all kinds of people would have new opportunities. And with every new opportunity, the world transforms. Not every institution believes in this vision, but we do. The world isn't made for Mavericks, but Mercy is. Come join us.