Wanted: Agents of positive change. Meet the growing demand for cybersecurity experts.
Prepare yourself to excel in a rapidly changing field as you become an expert in investigating criminal activity involving computer and digital information systems, accounting fraud and health-care fraud. The program is designed for professionals who want to become expert at managing advanced technological resources to combat cyberthreats and related financial crime.
Through a 10-course core and a three-course specialization area, you'll develop skills and knowledge in 21st-century forensic investigations to become an agent of positive change
Graduates of this program will be prepared to succeed in such positions as:
- cyberanalyst
- cybersecurity investigator
- forensic accounting analyst
- forensic analyst
- fraud investigator
- health-care fraud manager
- independent or internal auditor
- Internet security analyst
- IT security analyst/manager
- law enforcement agent.
The average salary for cybersecurity and cyberintelligence professionals in the greater Baltimore-Washington, D.C.-Northern Virginia area is more than $96,000, and job openings are prevalent.