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The center is the focal point for cybersecurity at Wright State University.
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Complete a program study that meets the NSA specifications and receive notation on your transcripts indicating you have completed this cyberdefense concentration.
Program of Study consists of the following:
6 required courses:
1 elective course
9 credit hours of thesis
Wright State University has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education through academic year 2025 for the Master of Science in Cyber Security with CyberDefense Concentration.
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Cyber security is big business. You can enhance your skills with a certificate in Cyber security analytics. You will understand security vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and mitigation solutions for modern cyber networks. This understanding of cyber risk will give you the valuable knowledge employers are looking for from their employees.
The certificate is available for both computer science and computer engineering majors. It will not add any time to your program, as the technical electives required for your degree count for the certificate.
Interested in working in a job that is in high demand, challenging, tech-focused, and pays well?
This degree will give you the technical foundation to understand cyberspace and manage security related risks. When you have completed your degree, you will have a detailed understanding of:
The Certificate in Cyber Security Analytics contains the four core courses of our Master of Science in Cyber Security degree. We offer a flexible learning environment with both online and in class courses. You can use this certificate to enhance your current skills or start on the journey to a master’s degree in Cyber Security. We will provide you with the technical foundation needed to understand the major risks associated with cyberspace, and how to begin mitigating those risks.
Complete this certificate online or on campus.
Develop skills to identify and resolve cyber security threats.
Complete this degree online or on campus.
We give you the flexibility to work this degree into your schedule. You will develop the knowledge and skills applicable to protecting computer systems and networks.
A unique blend of faculty who balance theory, practice, hardware, and software in their courses is available to you. The on-campus courses take place in well-equipped computer engineering laboratory facilities. Our state-of-the-art Virtual Cyber Security Lab (VCSL) allows you to work in a safe environment while practicing what you learn.
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Wright State University recently received a grant, titled "REU Site: Cyber Security Research at Wright State University", from the National Science Foundation. This NSF REU site offers a ten-week summer program that aims at providing a diverse group of motivated undergraduates with competitive research experiences in cyber-security research. A variety of projects will be offered in Network Security, Intrusion Detection, Wireless Sensor Network Security, Internet Malware Detection, Analysis, and Mitigation, Software Reverse Engineering and Vulnerability Discovery, and Privacy-Preserving Data Mining. More information of this REU Site can be found at http://reu.cs.wright.edu.
Cyber-Physical Systems are jointly physical and computational and are characterized by complex loops of cause and effect between the computational and physical components. We focus on the creation of methods by which such systems can self-adapt to repair damage and exploit opportunities and methods by which we can explain and understand how they operate even after having diverged from their original forms. Our current application area the creation of control systems for insect-like flapping-wing air vehicles that repair themselves, in flight, after suffering wing damage.
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The Wright State University Cyber Security Club is dedicated to teaching, learning, sharing, and researching information and methods to protect and secure data, systems, and networks. We are a group of people who share a passion for software and hardware security. This club is mainly aimed at computer science and engineering majors, but anyone interested is welcomed to join.
Contact: Lisa Morriss
Faculty Advisor: Mathew Kijowski
This competition introduces cybersecurity and cybersecurity competitions to everyone. We host two competitions each year during Fall and Spring Semesters. Our cybersecurity club members provide mentoring and help to each team.
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