为什么选择网络安全专业
网络空间并没有变得更安全. Every day the news is filled with stories of bad actors, 罪犯, and renegade governments engaging in cybercrime, 对基础设施的攻击, 信息战, 和网络恐怖主义. Virtually everyone has been a victim of a cybercrime ranging from identity theft, 电脑的恶意软件, ransomware, 甚至是身体犯罪. 政府, 公司, 组织, and individuals are all in need of capable cybersecurity professionals. The cybersecurity major provides a strong foundation in 数学, 计算机编程, 网络安全, and an arsenal of tools used to analyze, 保护, 甚至攻击系统.
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项目的亮点
十大网投平台信誉排行榜阿尔图纳分校's Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations degree prepares students to be leaders and experts in computer and 网络安全. The degree provides a strong technical education in 编程, 数学, 统计数据, 网络安全, 计算机取证, 网络防御, 恶意软件分析. 除了, 支援有风险的课程, 隐私, and 决策理论 equip students to understand broader issues and put their technical skills to effective use.
The degree emphasizes hands-on work with the tools and technology of cybersecurity. Many of the courses have extensive lab components. 举个例子, the course in 恶意软件分析 teaches students to use tools to better understand malware and how to deal with the consequences stemming from attacks. The course in 网络安全 sets students up with a virtual network including firewalls, 服务器, 甚至攻击系统 so that students learn to both defend systems and how their computers and networks might be attacked.
Most cybersecurity majors go to work in technical areas helping 组织 to identify and resolve security problems. In an ideal world, most of that work deals with proactively preventing attacks. 仍然, 在网络安全, 这从来都不是一个理想的世界, and graduates will be called upon to defend 组织 against cyber threats in real time that are doing real damage to systems and people.
Compared to Security and Risk Analysis with the Cybersecurity Option
Cybersecurity is a new major at Penn State. 从历史上看, the College of Information Sciences and 技术's computer security major was Security and Risk Analysis (SRA) with the cybersecurity option. While this version of the SRA degree is no longer offered at University Park, 它仍然在阿尔图纳提供, which raises the question: how are these two majors different? In short, the cybersecurity major is more technically rigorous.
Students 在网络安全 will complete significantly more math, 编程, 恶意软件分析, 还有网络防御课程. For students who desire to pursue a degree on the technical side of cybersecurity, the cybersecurity degree is a more challenging and appropriate major.
SRA with the cybersecurity option, however, should not be discounted on this basis. The SRA degree courses are a smaller subset of the cybersecurity courses in which most of the technical courses have been removed. This provides SRA students with a balanced education in the areas of risk, 决策理论, 网络安全, 和计算机系统. It also leaves enough room in the program for students to supplement their education in ways that might better serve their interests. 例如, an SRA major could supplement the degree with courses in business with an eye toward a career in risk management.
Both majors have excellent job markets and meet differing student needs and goals.
Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations Degree 联系s
联系 戴夫·巴恩斯, the Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations Degree Program Coordinator, or reach out to any of our Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations faculty and staff.