Learn how to devise defense strategies, develop a security policy, plan and conduct security assessments and understand the ethical, legal, and regulatory environment as it relates to operating in cyberspace.
Develop the skillset needed to work on the front lines identifying, preventing, and mitigating cyber breaches and crimes across various industries and fields.
Cybersecurity involves protecting information and systems from major cyber threats, such as cyber terrorism, cyber warfare, and cyber espionage. In their most disruptive form, cyber threats take aim at secret, political, military, or infrastructural assets of a nation, or its people.
Cyber security is, therefore, a critical part of any governments’ security strategy but it also affects many businesses every year. It is no surprise, then, that there is a growing demand for employment in the cybersecurity fields such as financial services, retail and healthcare. Those pursuing a path in Cyber Security and Information Assurance have the opportunity to contribute network and online security management expertise in various roles such as:
As a cybersecurity professional, you will be on the front lines preventing cyber breaches and cyber-crimes. This program is designed for technical professionals in all areas who seek a deeper and broader understanding of cybersecurity. You will learn essential tools needed to identify, prevent, and mitigate cyber threats in a hybrid learning environment.
The program is available as a Master of Science degree or a graduate certificate. The certificate in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance is designed to provide persons already involved in cybersecurity as well as information technology professionals desiring to be involved in cybersecurity, with the essential tools needed to identify, prevent, and mitigate cyber threats.
Our program will give students the same knowledge as the industry certification training courses at substantially less expensive rates. Each online class will be 16 weeks in length and the master’s degree program (10 courses) can be completed in 5 semesters. The graduate certificate (6 courses) can be completed in 12 months.
| Code | Course Name | Hours | Offered In |
| CSC 5435 | Computer Security | 3 | Fall |
| CSC 5436 | Cryptography & Network Security | 3 | Spring |
| CSC 5438 | Computer & Network Forensics | 3 | Summer |
| CSC 6530 | Ethics & Law in Information Security | 3 | Fall |
| CSC 6536 | Wireless, Mobile, & Cloud Computing | 3 | Summer |
| CSC 6540 | Development, Assessment, & Implementation of Information Security | 3 | Spring |
| CSC 6522 | Topics in Operating Systems | 3 | |
| CSC 6523 | Topics in Computer Networking | 3 | |
| Additional Hours of Graduate CSC Courses | 6 |
| Code | Course Name | Hours | Offered In |
| CSC 5435 | Computer Security | 3 | Fall |
| CSC 5436 | Cryptography & Network Security | 3 | Spring |
| CSC 5438 | Computer & Network Forensics | 3 | Summer |
| CSC 6530 | Ethics & Law in Information Security | 3 | Fall |
| CSC 6536 | Wireless, Mobile, & Cloud Computing | 3 | Summer |
| CSC 6540 | Development, Assessment, & Implementation of Information Security | 3 | Spring |
200 S. Capitol Street, Clinton, MS 39056
601.925.3000
