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Why study Cybersecurity at WCSU? <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n The Cybersecurity degree provides undergraduate students with an emphasis on education and training on the managerial and business side of Cybersecurity.\u00a0 The degree incorporates two general categories agreed upon by industry experts. The first is knowledge of the technical aspects of security including databases, networks, anti-malware systems, and penetration testing. The second knowledge area involves managerial tasks such as developing security programs, policy formation, compliance with government regulations, privacy ethics, continuity planning and risk management.<\/span><\/p>\n Skilled Cybersecurity specialists: protect networks and data from unauthorized access including hackers<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Cybersecurity specialists are in high demand and needed to protect business and personal information in the face of ever more sophisticated hackers.<\/span><\/p>\n Cybersecurity degrees from WCSU lead to . . . \u00a0opportunities in a wide range of government and business careers<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Networks, computers, programs and data all need protection in our high tech world. A degree from Western provides a solid foundation and experience for the technical and managerial requirements of a successful career in Cybersecurity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A graduate of the MIS department should be able to:<\/p>\n To learn more about the Management Information Systems degree, please follow the links below<\/p>\n Why study Cybersecurity at WCSU? The Cybersecurity degree provides undergraduate students with an emphasis on education and training on the managerial and business side of Cybersecurity.\u00a0 The degree incorporates two general categories agreed upon by industry experts. The first …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":150,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"department.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1422","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1422\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
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The degree is designed to provide students with an understanding of the technical and managerial areas of Cybersecurity; prepare students for a wide range of positions in Cybersecurity; provide a learning environment in which students can experience real-world organizational security scenarios supported by state of the art technology and equipment.<\/div>\n\n\n
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