Cybersecurity BS

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Our leading researchers and professionals are developing practical and policy approaches to the cybersecurity challenges facing businesses, nonprofits and government.

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In-Demand Careers

• Information Security Analyst
• IT Auditor
• Digital Forensic Examiner
• Security Systems Administrator
• Cryptography Engineer
• Security Architect

Why Cybersecurity? | Why Our Program?

• There are more than 700,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs nationwide, many of which pay more than $100K a year.
• Our students gain hands-on experience at the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at RIC, a regional center of excellence working to develop Rhode Island’s cybersecurity industry.
• The Bachelor of Science in cybersecurity curriculum will train you to become a defender of public and private data, networks and computer systems.
• Topics covered include: hardware and software fundamentals, cryptography techniques, secure scripting and programming, network and system security, organizational cyber needs, digital forensics, and law and ethics.
• Our minor in cybersecurity provides an opportunity for students from other majors to learn how to apply cybersecurity in their chosen field.

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