Program Overview

Online Master of Cybersecurity Management

The Online Master of Cybersecurity Management is a part-time, exclusively online program designed for cybersecurity working professionals seeking to advance their leadership skills and deepen their managerial acumen. This 30-unit program aims to equip students with the expertise needed to successfully execute a range of core cybersecurity functions, including leadership, governance, risk management, operations, and incident response.

Program Overview

The program places particular emphasis on business-related skills such as communicating with non-technical line-of-business leaders and peers, speaking the language of business, and strategy formulation and development. Graduates of this program will be well-prepared to step into positions of greater responsibility and make larger and more consequential contributions to their organizations.

Course Offerings

The program includes the following courses:

• CYBER 5559 Introduction to Cybersecurity: A comprehensive introduction to the cybersecurity field, covering a broad range of cybersecurity terms, definitions, historical perspectives, concepts, processes, technologies, and trends with a focus on managing risk and the employment of cybersecurity as an organizational enabler. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5560 Cybersecurity Technical Fundamentals: A comprehensive survey of cybersecurity technology, including basic theory and concepts, with hands-on familiarity through lab exercises, in-class studios, and scenarios. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5561 Oversight for Excellence: Cybersecurity Management and Governance: A comprehensive approach to the management of the organizational cybersecurity function, exploring the principles of information technology governance. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5562 Efficient and Effective Cybersecurity Operations: Understanding the management of people, process, and technology for effective and efficient day-to-day cybersecurity operations, using the Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) as a fundamental exemplar. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5563 Enterprise Network Security: A detailed and comprehensive study of the architecture and defensive approaches to protect enterprise network environments against cyber threats. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5564 Access Control and Identity Management: Understanding organizational and technical identity management and access control frameworks, including central concepts such as least privileged access, authentication, and authorization. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5565 Cybersecurity Analytics: An introduction to the use of data analytics in support of an organization's cybersecurity function, designed to increase student understanding of how data analytics can be used to manage security and deploy risk-based assessment and decision making. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5566 Cybersecurity Risk Management: A deeper appreciation of the challenges faced by enterprises when addressing cybersecurity risks, covering the evolution of cyber threats and industry-leading frameworks. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5567 The Hacker Mindset: Cyber Attack Fundamentals: An introductory understanding of how offensive security techniques practically operate, using hacking techniques to compromise systems and relate them to risk-based defensive security practices. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5568 Emerging Issues and Technology in Cybersecurity: An examination of contemporary and near-future cybersecurity threats and the potential security impact of new technologies, including historical security incidents for context and insight. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5569 Incident Response and Business Continuity: The end-to-end process and methods to deal with cybersecurity incidents, including developing an incident response plan, organizing an incident response team, and leveraging cyber intelligence and external partners. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5570 Leadership Seminar for Technology Professionals: A seminar designed to develop the leadership capacity of professionals working in the information technology and cybersecurity fields, focusing on essential leadership skills through an immersive, seminar-based learning experience. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5587 Cloud Security: Best practices for cloud security, including methods for architecting and applying security-related features in a cloud platform, through case studies, standards, best practices, and studio exercises. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5998 Applied Research Study: An advanced, project-based course allowing students to develop in-depth knowledge and further their education by building on the education offered in the Programs, focusing on practical solutions for existing problems. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
• CYBER 5999 Independent Study: A course requiring the submission of an Independent Study Proposal with approval of a faculty sponsor and the Program Director. (Credit: 3 units, Typical periods offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)