In addition to possessing state of the art knowledge in the preservation of information assets students become experts in the identification of computer security vulnerabilities.
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Rit has been awarded a national science foundation grant 1922169 to prepare crosscutting cybersecurity scholars who are talented students enrolled in the bs programs in computing security computer science and software engineering and interested in pursuing an ms degree in computing security.
The bachelor of science degree in computing security produces professionals who understand people and processes that impact information security.
The cyber security master s program is designed for students who have an undergraduate computing degree in an area such as computing security computer science information technology networking or software engineering as well as those who have a strong background in a field in which computers are applied such as computer or electrical engineering.
After earning the ritx cybersecurity micromasters program certificate students are eligible to apply to rit s master of science in computing security program if accepted students with the micromasters program certificate will be awarded 9 credit hours towards their degree requirements.
If accepted into the rit program the edx micromasters program certificate will count for 9 credits toward a master of science in computing security degree which is a total of 30 credits.