Information Security and Cyber Leadership

Cyber threats and data breaches are bringing new challenges to the public and private sectors. The demand for information security specialists and cyber leaders is at an all-time high. This flexible, 100% online master’s degree will provide you with technical, social, and people skills needed to succeed in this rapidly expanding field.

In their 2017 report, a leading cyber professional organization, (ISC)², predicted 1.8 million unfilled jobs in the cybersecurity workforce in 2022. The industry unemployment rate has stayed close to zero for over a decade, and individuals with less than five years of experience in cybersecurity can earn around $100,000 a year.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates will be able to:

• Analyze human information behavior and information security phenomena in cyber environments.
• Explain the structure of a cybersecurity system, implement it, manage operations, and evaluate system efficiency.
• Strategically analyze internal and external environments to create and facilitate a human-systems integration (HSI) process.
• Create teams for HSI environments and facilitate communication and coordination.
• Develop information policies and regulations for HSI and cyber information security systems.

Classes

30 Credit Hours: 4 Core Courses + 6 Elective Courses

Students must complete 30 hours of coursework:

• 12 credits of required core courses
• 18 credits of electives

Core Courses (12 Credit Hours)

• Challenges in Information-Intensive Organization Administration
• Seminar in Information Science
• Leadership and Ethics in Information Security
• Seminar in Applied Information Systems for Information Specialists

Electives (18 Credit Hours)

Students choose 18 credits of electives at the 500 level or above. Advisors assist in selecting courses aligned with professional interests.

Opportunities include:

• Courses in the Darla Moore School of Business
• Virtual cyber range access through partnership with Fusion Cyber
• Special topics courses taught by USC cybersecurity leaders

For more information and to apply, visit: https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/academic_programs/masters/masters_info_security_cyber_leadership/index.php