网络安全分析与运营理学学士(CYAOP)课程帮助学生通过网络防御策略保护数字信息免受攻击. With a foundation in mathematics and computer programming, students will be prepared to recognize, analyze, defend against, and manage risks related to a wide range of threats to online information, data stores, and networks.
Whether it is the hacking of critical datasets by a nation-state, the theft of personal information by cybercriminals, or cyberattacks by terrorist groups or other aggressors, 学生将从人和信息系统的角度分析安全问题. 他们将通过掌握技术来学习预测和识别威胁, articulate potential impacts to stakeholders, and ensure the safety of online information.
十大正规赌博平台大全和IST学院被国家安全局和国土安全部指定为国家网络防御学术卓越中心(CAE). CAE计划的建立是为了满足政府和行业对知识渊博和熟练的网络安全专业人员日益增长的需求.
CYAOP专业的学生在完成某些课程后可以获得认可信和成绩证书.
Skills for the Real World
网络安全分析与运营专业是一个跨学科的项目,为学生成为网络安全专业人士做准备. 它教育学生网络防御的基本概念和网络安全的分析基础, 重点关注分析和风险管理基础以及相关的网络防御技术和策略,以确保存储在大型异构网络中的在线信息的安全,这些网络嵌入在当今商业中普遍存在的复杂社会技术基础设施中, government and military organizations.
学生将获得批判性评估和应对现代信息安全威胁所需的知识和技能, 使用基于对抗性策略和有效反应的整体理解的方法. More specifically, 它将为网络防御技术技能的发展提供深入和独立于领域的方法, tools and processes; cybersecurity analytics and visualization; and cybersecurity risk analysis and management.
In the senior capstone course students work collaboratively in teams. 每个团队都被赋予一个重要的现实问题或问题,其中信息技术是解决方案的一部分. 团队将被期望有效地管理项目,并将其结果清楚地传达给组织内的各种受众.
该专业借鉴了与许多学科相关的概念和技能, including information science, management science, statistics and data science, human behavior, and law/policy. 毕业生将准备加入快速增长的网络安全劳动力,部署在不同规模和任务的组织中.
Concentrations or Academic Tracks
完成CYAOP学位的学生必须在一个专门的应用重点领域修满12个学分, with at least two of the courses being at the 400-level. 学生将会被鼓励去修一些入门课程,这些课程将会在满足通识教育知识领域要求的同时,满足本专业的先决条件. 学生必须在一个申请重点领域修满12个学分. Students may not mix and match.
Learn more about the Focus Areas, or view the Suggested Academic Plan.
- Application Development
- Geopolitics
- Law and Policy
- Economics
- Healthcare
- Custom
Internship Opportunities
所有CYAOP学生都需要在CYAOP相关领域完成实习. Internships can be part-time or full-time and paid or unpaid. 实习使学生能够将在课堂上学到的知识应用到实际工作中, real-world technical situation. 实习使学生能够将在课堂上学到的知识应用到实际工作中, real-world technical situation. To receive credit for the internship, 学生完成1学分的IST 495课程,并且必须完成至少300小时的监督工作.
Research Opportunities
CYAOP学生有机会与教师一起进行研究. 与教师一对一合作,或作为受监督的研究团队的一部分, students investigate important issues related to their academic interests. 学生获得宝贵的经验,包括在他们的简历或研究生院申请, make professional contacts, 甚至在学术出版物和会议演讲中获得了合著者的身份.
Double Majors
学生可以将以下课程与本学位课程配对以获得双学位:
Minors
Students can pair the following minors with this degree program:
- Information Sciences and Technology
- Security and Risk Analysis
- Business
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation
After Graduation
顶尖公司和政府机构对CYAOP毕业生的需求很高. 他们的技术专长加上人际交往能力和商业头脑意味着他们拥有雇主想要的多功能性. 安全部门的许多工作的增长率和工资率都高于平均水平, with flexibility and high levels of job satisfaction.
CYAOP graduates can be employed in positions such as:
- information security analyst
- AI engineer
- cloud data engineer
- IT consultant and project manager
- security operations center analyst
- systems engineer
- IT systems analyst
尽管CYAOP毕业生不需要额外的教育来开始他们的职业生涯, 我们的毕业生可能会决定继续他们的研究生课程的教育,进一步提高他们的知识和技能. 学生继续学习的一些课程包括信息系统, Cybersecurity, Business, and Management.
Graduates can also pursue technical certifications such as:
- Microsoft
- Amazon
- CompTIA
- Cisco
- CISSP