Cybersecurity

Overview

In today's world there is nothing more important than acquiring the advanced education and skills to protect our private data. Companies, governments, law enforcement and individuals all face the growing complexities in our increasingly interconnected world and the need to both safeguard data and prepare for the worst. 

Your work in the Master of Science in Cybersecurity at Mercy College New York will prepare you for a career in a government agency, law enforcement, private companies, hospitals, health care organizations and IT departments.

By the end of this program, students should be able to: 

• Identify types of risks, cyber threats and cyber attacks through wired and wireless network communications
• Design, develop, and implement to prove the concepts of cyber defense, cyber offense, cyber investigation and cyber management
• Identify research problems, compare with previous approaches, develop solutions and discuss the research results
• Understand the privacy of information, information hiding, information assurance, information encryption/decryption
• Function effectively in a team to complete prototyping of detection, prevention and protection for internal and external cyber attacks and cyber intrusions
• Acquire and validate evidence related to cyber crimes from personal computers, smartphones, infrastructure hosts, wired and wireless networks