Master of Science in Cybersecurity

The Katz School of Science and Health Master of Science in Cybersecurity is a unique and rigorous graduate program designed to help you enter the exciting and lucrative field of cybersecurity. Through this 30-credit master’s degree, you will develop the technological and managerial expertise to plan, implement, manage, support, monitor, and audit the cybersecurity posture of Information Technology infrastructure in modern organizations. You will master state-of-the-art technologies and practices, and receive hands-on experience including threat mitigation, detection, and defense.
 

Cybersecurity analysts plan and carry out security measures to protect a company’s computer networks and systems. They keep constant tabs on threats and monitor their organization’s networks for any breaches in security. A typical cybersecurity analyst job description includes installing, configuring, managing, and supporting various cybersecurity tools including but not limited to firewalls, data leakage protection, anti-virus, end-point protection, encryption tools, identifying vulnerabilities, reporting breaches or weak spots, researching IT trends, educating the rest of the company on security—and even simulating security attacks to find potential vulnerabilities. 

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment of information security analysts is projected to grow 31 percent from 2019 to 2029, much faster than the average for all occupations. Click here for a heat map of cybersecurity jobs. 

Demand for information security analysts is expected to be very high. Cyberattacks have grown in frequency, and analysts will be needed to come up with innovative solutions to prevent hackers from stealing critical information or creating problems for computer networks.