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Cybersecurity
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Cybersecurity

Mercy College (Manhattan)
Manhattan, New YorkUSA
On campus
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Language
English
Apply date
Aug 2024

Program Description

We live in an information society. Nothing could be more important than protecting that information. Today, security software professionals are in high demand.

With a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, students can test, implement and configure any new security software and/or technologies, apply sound security policy to their daily jobs, and provide protection and disaster recovery to companies' business systems.

There may be additional costs by this University.

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Program Objectives

  • List the fundamental concepts of information assurance and cyber defense.
  • Identify the vulnerabilities in network infrastructures, and monitor the attack activities.
  • Describe proactive/reactive protocols, tools and techniques, apply the countermeasures.
  • Produce secure software components and perform software security analysis.
  • Describe cryptographic protocols, tools and techniques and apply crypto algorithms.
  • List applicability of laws and policies and describe the compliances and their impacts.
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Curriculum

Foundation Courses

Discrete Structures

LINUX Administration

Introduction to Cybersecurity

Major Courses

Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity

Computer Networks

Database Management Systems

Security Policy and Procedures

Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking

Cryptography and Computer Security

Network Security

Digital Forensics

Secure and Intelligent Programming

Capstone: System Security

Major Electives

Data Structures

Artificial Intelligence

Computer Architecture

Website Administration and Security

Internship: Cybersecurity Workplace Experience I

Internship: Cybersecurity Workplace Experience II

Systems Analysis and Design

Analysis of Algorithms

Operating Systems

Healthcare Analytics and Apps

Special Topics in Cybersecurity

Independent Study in Cybersecurity

Wireless Network and Security

Careers

Graduates are able to monitor security systems, including:

  • firewalls and intrusion detection systems
  • create, implement, and oversee security policies
  • plan disaster recovery
  • conduct regular compliance audits
  • prepare to take the CISSP certification exam
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