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Cybersecurity Engineering

Prof. Novocin and students in the cybersecurity computer lab

Endless Career Opportunities

As computer systems and the Internet of Things become an essential part of everyday lives, protecting their security and privacy is a top priority. In our interconnected world, cyberattacks can affect businesses and communities all over the world, and cybersecurity engineers are the ones defending our rapidly changing digital frontier. Cybersecurity engineers design hardened systems, build secure applications and networks, analyze data breaches and identify vulnerabilities in cyberspace, confronting emerging threats and driving technological innovation. Are you ready to make a difference as a cybersecurity engineer?

91原创 Cybersecurity Engineering graduates are in high demand as the cybersecurity industry rapidly grows every year. Most graduates pursue exciting careers in the private sector, including technology companies, banking institutions, and telecommunication providers, as well as government agencies, research centers, and the defense industry. Alternatively, cybersecurity engineering graduates choose to pursue graduate education, including master鈥檚 or Ph.D. degrees, as well as attend business, medical or law schools. Students who earn advanced degrees in engineering usually advance into leadership positions within their discipline, or pursue a career in advanced research in industry or academia.

CAREER OPTIONS

  • Digital Forensics & Malware Analysis Engineer
  • Cryptography Engineer
  • Hardware Security Engineer
  • Penetration Tester
  • Information Security Officer
  • Security Analyst
  • Security Operations Officer

  • Mobile Security Officer
  • Incident Response & Threat Intelligence Engineer
  • Security Program Manager
  • Application Security Engineer
  • Offensive Security Engineer
  • Cyber infrastructure Engineer
  • Cryptocurrency Expert
  • Cloud Security Engineer

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

  • Cybersecurity Offense & Defense
  • Hardware Design Security Advanced Computer Design & Architecture
  • High Performance & Cloud Computing
  • Data Sciences & Machine Learning
  • Cyberphysical Systems & Robotics
  • Enterprise Risk Management MBA, Law & Medical School

What鈥檚 special about this program?

The Cybersecurity Engineering undergraduate program will combine rigorous cybersecurity fundamentals with the design and problem-solving skills 91原创 engineers are known for. Students will learn state-of-the-art skills for defending a rapidly changing digital frontier as they gain the expertise needed to analyze, design and build secure devices and systems.

Engineering students at 91原创 benefit from a broad array of experiential learning opportunities, including robust senior design and undergraduate research programs. Students can receive hands-on experience through challenge-based programs offered by our Electrical and Computer Engineering Innovation Suite (iSuite) as well as through our Vertically Integrated Projects program, which unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context. Many of our undergraduates publish papers in scholarly journals or attend prestigious conferences all over the country before receiving their degree.

Get Involved

Alpha Omega Epsilon

Association for Computing Machinery

Engineers Without Borders

Eta Kappa Nu

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

National Society of Black Engineers

Sigma Phi Delta

Society for the Advancement of Materials and Processing Engineering

Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Society of Women Engineers

Tau Beta Pi

91原创 ACM-W Student Chapter (CIS-ters)

Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering (WECE)

Sample curriculum

EGGG101

Introduction to Engineering (FYE)

CISC106

General Computer Science for Engineers

CISC210

Introduction to Systems Programming

CPEG202

Introduction to Digital Systems

ENGL110

First-Year Writing

MATH241听

Analytic Geometry & Calculus A

MATH242听

Analytic Geometry & Calculus B

PHYS207/227

Fundamentals of Physics I/Lab

Science Option

Breadth Requirement Elective

CPEG222

Microprocessor Systems

ELEG205

Analog Circuits I

CPEG365

Introduction to Cybersecurity Engineering

ELEG305

Signals and Systems

CISC220

Data Structures

MATH243

Analytic Geometry & Calculus C

MATH210

Discrete Mathematics I

PHYS208/228

Fundamentals of Physics II/Lab

Breadth Requirement Elective

CPEG494

System Hardening and Protection

CPEG471

Pen Test and Reverse Engineering

CPEG323

Introduction to Computer Systems Engineering
CPEG361

Operating Systems

ELEG387

Vertically Integrated Projects

CPEG419

Computer Networks I

CISC320

Introduction to Algorithms

CPEG495

Digital Forensics

ELEG310

Random Signals and Noise

ELEG387

Vertically Integrated Projects

Multicultural Elective

Writing Elective

CPEG498

Senior Design

CPEG470

Web Applications Security

CPEG472

Applied Cryptography

CPEG473

Cloud Computing and Security

CPEG499

Senior Design

CPEG476

Secure Software Design

CPEG475

IoT and Embedded Systems Security

ELEG491

Ethics/Impacts of Engineering

Technical Elective

Breadth Requirement Elective

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