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Cybersecurity

Boise State University

Master's DegreeAcademic

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The Master of Science in Cybersecurity builds knowledge and skills of security specialists to effectively protect the safety and prosperity of companies, communities and the nation. The mission of the program is to engage students in an interdisciplinary approach on the security aspects of software, modern cryptographic systems, and security program management.

Credits

30 credits

Format

In-Person

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Idaho

    Idaho

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingActive ListeningComplex Problem SolvingSpeakingWritingSystems AnalysisMonitoring

Knowledge

Computers and ElectronicsEnglish LanguageAdministration and ManagementTelecommunicationsEngineering and Technology

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionProblem SensitivityDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningWritten ExpressionInformation OrderingOral ExpressionNear VisionCategory Flexibility

Tasks

  • Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destructi
  • Monitor current reports of computer viruses to determine when to update virus protection systems.
  • Encrypt data transmissions and erect firewalls to conceal confidential information as it is being tr

Technology

Word processing softwareAccess softwareNetwork monitoring softwareInternet directory services softwareDevelopment environment software

Tools

Desktop computersLocal area network LAN analyzersMainframe computersNetwork analyzersNotebook computersProtocol analyzers

Work Values

Working ConditionsSupportIndependenceAchievementRecognitionRelationships
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

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Occupations matched to this program, with median wage, top wage, growth, and openings
SOCOccupationMethodWageGrowthOpenings
Match confidence: high15-1212.00Information Security Analyststitle_inference$124,910 median$186,420 top+28.5%5,210
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: advanced (Level 4)(based on Master's Degree)

  • Security strategy and roadmap — set, communicate, and execute across the organization.
  • Major incident response — lead through containment, executive comms, and regulator notification on a real breach.
  • Security architecture at organization scale — design, evolve, and defend across the enterprise.
  • Security-team hiring, leveling, and development — shape across the org over multi-year horizons.
  • Vendor and tooling strategy — set the framework and trade-offs at scale.
  • Board and executive reporting on security posture — represent credibly across regulatory and stakeholder contexts.
  • Industry presence (BSides, BlackHat, ISACs) — engage at expert level across a specialty.
  • Threat-intelligence program — own at organization or sector level.
  • Crisis leadership (regulator inquiry, public breach, ransomware) — lead the organization through with composure.
  • Security culture and practices — shape through standards, rituals, and partnerships across the enterprise.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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