Cybersecurity BS

Join one of the most strategically important industries in America today.

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Build your career in Cybersecurity at RIC!

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Our leading researchers and professionals are developing practical and policy approaches to the cybersecurity challenges facing businesses, non-profits 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/yr.
  • Our program is housed within the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies, a regional center of excellence working to develop RI's cybersecurity industry.
  • The Cybersecurity Bachelor of Science 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.
  • Minor program provides an opportunity for students from other majors to explore Cybersecurity.

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Nick Garvey

Nick Garvey '22

"I joined the cybersecurity and computer science clubs, I was a teaching assistant in the GenCyber camp and a computer science tutor in RIC's Tutoring Center. There are so many ways to get involved."

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