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This degree program can be completed part-time or full-time.
Gain expertise in privacy, trust, confidentiality, and security as it relates to people, personnel, and organizations. In our program, you'll study digital forensics, threat intelligence, network security, machine learning, and data science and management. With our hands-on approach to learning and trial-and-error exploration, you'll be ready to defend data and digital assets from breaches, attacks, and cybercrime by malicious users.
Our new program is seeking a National Center for Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity designation from the National Security Agency (NSA). We expect graduates to pursue roles in cybersecurity such as information security analyst, digital risk officer, analytics practice leader, chief digital officer, or chief information officer.
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Wentworth Institute of Technology is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.).
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4+1 Program (32 Credits)
Plan of Study Grid Senior Year Spring Semester Credits COMPXXXX - INVESTIGATING WINDOWS ENDPOINTS 4 Credits 4 Summer Semester COMPXXXX - WINDOWS MEMORY INVESTIGATION 4 Credits 4 Year One Fall Semester COMP5600 FOUNDATIONS OF CYBERSECURITY 3 TECHNICAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT 3 ELECTIVE 3 ELECTIVE 3 Credits 12 Spring Semester COMP6500 ADVANCED NETWORK SECURITY 3 COMP6580 DIGITAL FORENSICS AND INCIDENT RESPONSE 3 ELECTIVE 3 ELECTIVE or CAPSTONE or THESIS 3 Credits 12 Total Credits 32 One-Year Program (30 Credits)
Plan of Study Grid Year One Fall Semester Credits COMP5600 FOUNDATIONS OF CYBERSECURITY 3 COMP6999 TECHNICAL PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT 3 ELECTIVE 3 Credits 9 Spring Semester COMP6500 ADVANCED NETWORK SECURITY 3 COMP6580 DIGITAL FORENSICS AND INCIDENT RESPONSE 3 ELECTIVE 3 ELECTIVE 3 Credits 12 Summer Semester ELECTIVE 3 ELECTIVE 3 DATA6999 or COMP7600CAPSTONE or THESIS3 Credits 9 Total Credits 30 Two-Year program (30 credits)
Plan of Study Grid Year One Fall Semester Credits COMP5600 FOUNDATIONS OF CYBERSECURITY 3 COMP6999 TECHNICAL PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT 3 Credits 6 Spring Semester ADVANCED NETWORK SECURITY 3 DIGITAL FORENSICS & INCIDENT RESPONSE 3 Credits 6 Summer Semester ELECTIVE 3 ELECTIVE 3 Credits 6 Year Two Fall Semester ELECTIVE 3 ELECTIVE 3 Credits 6 Spring Semester ELECTIVE 3 ELECTIVE or CAPSTONE or THESIS 3 DATA6999 or COMP7600CAPSTONE or THESIS3 Credits 9 Total Credits 33 Electives
Course List Course Title Credits COMP5725 Applications of Cryptography 3 COMP6520 MALWARE ANALYSIS 3 COMP6000 INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION SYSTEM 3 COMP6420 REVERSE ENGINEERING 3 COMP6100 SECURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 3 COMP6550 THREAT INTELLIGENCE 3 COMP5555 Computer and Network Security 3 Potential Electives MODERN CRYPTOGRAPHY 3 LANGUAGE-BASED SOFTWARE SECURITY 3 DEVOPS SOFTWARE SECURITY 3 DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY 3 FILE SYSTEM FORENSICS 3 IOT SECURITY 3