Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics

Secure Digital Environments & Defend Cyber Threats

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

This program is accredited by the Defense Cyber Crime Center.

As a National Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence, Stevenson’s Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics program is certified to prepare students, by the standards and needs of the federal government, to address concerns about the nation’s critical infrastructure. You will be prepared for a rewarding and challenging career in fighting and investigating worldwide cybercrime.

Upon graduating from our CDFAE-designated program, you will receive a certificate of completion from the Department of Justice that can be exchanged for Department of Defense training course credit, allowing you to start working as a recognized digital forensic practitioner immediately after graduation.

Our program is one of only 15 undergraduate programs in the nation to earn “The National Centers of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence” accreditation by Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3). This designation recognizes a school that offers rigorous degree programs in information security to produce professionals capable of defending against the increasingly complex nature of cybercrime and intrusion in both government and industry.

Graduates of the Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics program will:

• Develop a security policy for an organization that balances the organization’s mission, culture, human factors, and security requirements.
• Apply risk assessment methodologies in selecting and configuring security controls to protect information assets.
• Monitor a network infrastructure for cyber attacks.
• Mitigate the effects on a network infrastructure due to a cyber attack.
• Evaluate an end-to-end computer forensics investigation.
• Prepare a digital forensics evidence report.