Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics

Learn to fight cyberthreats and investigate cybercrime

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

This program is accredited by the Defense Cyber Crime Center.

According to a 2018 study by PwC, a leading professional services network, cybercrime is the second most common type of economic crime among the businesses that responded to the survey—31 percent reported losses related to cybercrime.

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.

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.

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