Cybersecurity
About This Program
Utica College’s nationally recognized cybersecurity program equips students with skills they need to be on the forefront of the information intelligence industry. With the demand for cybersecurity experts higher than ever and growing, a degree from Utica College, a national leader in cyber education, will give you the edge today’s employers want.
Why Utica College
Utica College’s nationally recognized cybersecurity program equips students with skills they need to be on the forefront of the information intelligence industry. With the demand for cybersecurity experts higher than ever and growing, a degree from Utica College, a national leader in cyber education, will give you the edge today’s employers want.
Contact Information
Office of Admissions
General Information
Track
- Major
Degree
- B.S.
Location
- Utica Campus
Cybersecurity at Utica
"UC has always been in the vanguard of cybersecurity. We have worked with every government agency you can think of, and all of them speak highly of us and our graduates."
Career Opportunities
National Designations For Excellence
Choices
What You'll Learn
The cybersecurity program integrates learning in criminology, criminal justice, economic crime, and computer science. UC’s award-winning faculty brings a broad range of real-world experience to the classroom—and beyond. With their guidance, students learn how to communicate, work in teams, and solve problems leading cybersecurity experts face every day.
The program offers four specializations:
- Network Forensics and Intrusion Investigation - Combines elements of computer science with computer forensics and vulnerability assessment. Learn to investigate cyber related incidents in a computer network environment.
- Information Assurance – Gain an understanding of the wide range of vulnerabilities and threats that affect corporate and government computer networks and be prepared to protect critical information in cyberspace.
- Cybercrime and Fraud Investigation - Learn the latest techniques used to accumulate data and evidence in prosecuting cybercrimes, such as credit card fraud, intellectual property theft, pedophilia, terrorism, hacking, and more.
- Cyber Operations - Learn defensive and offensive tactics, techniques and procedures. Focus on computer programming, as well as operating systems, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.
Cybersecurity Faculty
- Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity
- Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity
- Professor of Practice - Cybersecurity
- Associate Professor of Cybersecurity
- Professor of Practice-Cybersecurity
- Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity
- Professor of Practice - Cybersecurity
- Professor of Practice-Cyber
A Degree That Works
UC’s cybersecurity alumni have gone on to successful careers in corporate and industrial security, law enforcement, government intelligence services, homeland security, and more.
Intensive Learning: Jared DeCrosta
An intensive learning experience featuring Cybersecurity major Jared DeCrosta, who works in Utica College's Northeast Cyber Forensics Center.
Student Voices: Kyle Carr '16
A conversation with Kyle Carr, a cybersecurity major with a minor in computer science, about studying computer forensics, participating in the Central New York Hackathon, and being a part of the Utica College community.
Faculty Voices: Joe Giordano
Professor of Cybersecurity Joe Giordano talks briefly about Utica College's two "Center of Excellence" designations in Cybersecurity Education.
Cybersecurity at Utica College
Utica College Cybersecurity Professor published in JAMA Network Open
Utica College Cybersecurity Master’s Program Earns National Designation
Hands-on training across the globe
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