Cybersecurity - Mercy College - Main Campus

Cybersecurity from Mercy College - Main Campus is a Campus Master IT Security degree that prepares you for a IT career. Information systems are under constant threats from hackers, viruses, and worms. Nothing could be more important than protecting the digital world our very lives depend on. The Master of Science in Cybersecurity will help you become an indispensable industry leader, someone who applies sound security policies to business and government entities, providing protection and disaster recovery to critical control systems. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook describes "Computer security specialists plan, coordinate, and maintain an organization's information security. These workers educate users about computer security, install security software, monitor networks for security breaches, respond to cyber attacks, and, in some cases, gather data and evidence to be used in prosecuting cyber crime. The responsibilities of computer security specialists have increased in recent years as cyber attacks have become more sophisticated". It projects employment under the IT category to "grow much faster than the average for all occupations and add 286,600 new jobs over the 2008-18 decade". Career Opportunities Graduates can seek advanced supervisory positions in information infrastructure assurance and security. These include: principal system security engineer, information assurance analyst / IT security analyst, information assurance engineer, information security analyst, Jr. Level information security analyst, I/S specialist - I/S governance, information security/assurance specialist - TS/SCI. View more details on Mercy College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related IT Security courses.