Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity

A general concentration allows you to take courses across a number of areas of study within your program based on your own interests.

This general concentration allows you to choose from a variety of elective courses from homeland security, intelligence, information systems security, and IT project management.

The Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity with a concentration in Critical Infrastructure provides you with the knowledge to best understand the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that run the everyday systems that we depend on from gas, electric, and other utilities to the production of your favorite foods. The concentration will delve into how these systems differ from the devices used by your average computer user, as well as how one can best protect these unique systems from hackers to nation states. You will be exposed to various aspects of systems from Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) to nuclear power plants. This is a unique field with consistent growth as everyone depends on critical infrastructure virtually nonstop around the clock.

Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:

• Evaluate risks of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems.
• Explore various federal agencies’ roles in protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure.
• Identify critical infrastructure components.
• Determine appropriate solutions to mitigate critical infrastructure threats.

Bringing cybercriminals to justice requires individuals with computer forensics skill sets who have the ability to quickly collect, analyze, and present cybercrime evidence. Become familiar with digital forensic measures for security incident response with a concentration in Digital Forensics.

Study how to prevent the loss of sensitive proprietary information and deter future cyberattacks. In addition, you’ll learn about common incident response procedures, web attacks, router forensics, email crime, corporate espionage, and steganography in your online courses in digital forensics.

Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of incident response procedures, computer investigation processes, digital forensics lab work, and investigative reports.
• Illustrate understanding of wireless network attack forensics, wireless internet use security and access procedures, search warrants, and chain of custody.

The Privacy and Surveillance concentration provides students with a multifaceted approach not only addressing commonly used tools and methods of surveillance but also privacy considerations. Students will be exposed to how surveillance is both intentional and unintentional. The risk of using various forms of hardware and software will be discussed. Legal and ethical consideration surrounding the impact surveillance has on privacy rights will be addressed.

Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of common surveillance technologies.
• Illustrate understanding of how technology impacts population segments differently.

This concentration for the Bachelors of Science in Cybersecurity will allow students to specialize in the methodologies used to secure the networks, hardware – devices, software – apps, and the laws and regulations, policies and procedures, and ethical responsibilities for privacy and security of mobile devices using mobile and wireless network infrastructures. The concentration will emphasize countermeasures taken to harden the security of various aspects of mobile technologies associated to government, military, industry, educational, and private enterprises.

Upon successful completion of this concentration, the student will be able to:

• Extrapolate threats and vulnerabilities introduced into the network infrastructures of wireless, mobile, cellular, and satellite technologies.
• Examine current mobile application models, their security framework, and methodologies on hardening the security to safeguard the devices running them and adapt them to higher privacy standards.
• Appraise security hardening techniques for wireless or mobile device technologies based on wireless security principles and current industry standards.
• Investigate forensics of wireless network attacks caused by mobile and wireless peripheral devices, and then evaluate security and access procedures within wireless Internet use of subject search warrants and chain of custody in a forensic investigation.