{"id":3322,"date":"2021-06-16T18:38:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T18:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T20:04:58","slug":"face-the-future-of-technology-with-wilmus-cybersecurity-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/16\/face-the-future-of-technology-with-wilmus-cybersecurity-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Face the Future of Technology with\u00a0WilmU&#8217;s\u00a0Cybersecurity Education\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3322_14a11a-d7 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3322_81019d-2c\">Ransomware attacks, data breaches, and other&nbsp;highly publicized&nbsp;E-crimes are highlighting&nbsp;a nationwide demand for cybersecurity experts. As businesses, health care providers,&nbsp;and government agencies&nbsp;seek skilled technicians to assess their&nbsp;operational&nbsp;risks and&nbsp;defend&nbsp;their computer networks, Wilmington University&#8217;s College of Technology&nbsp;stands ready to&nbsp;prepare&nbsp;job-seekers&nbsp;to enter or advance&nbsp;in&nbsp;one of today&#8217;s fastest-growing&nbsp;career&nbsp;fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Cybersecurity is a frontline issue for business,&#8221; says Dr. Mark&nbsp;Hufe, director of&nbsp;WilmU&#8217;s&nbsp;Center for Cybersecurity Education. &#8220;It&#8217;s also a matter of national security. There&#8217;s a critical need for cybersecurity professionals in corporate America, as well as in government, law enforcement, military and intelligence. Wilmington University is uniquely qualified to train students to meet this demand.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WilmU&nbsp;offers&nbsp;a range of&nbsp;practical,&nbsp;career-focused degree and certificate programs at the undergraduate and graduate level that combine academic&nbsp;rigor&nbsp;with&nbsp;hands-on&nbsp;opportunity. Our&nbsp;industry-experienced instructors and&nbsp;cutting-edge technology provide&nbsp;agile and responsive&nbsp;training&nbsp;for a wide range of positions&nbsp;in the&nbsp;rapidly evolving&nbsp;world&nbsp;of cybersecurity.&nbsp;And our online learning options, which have been recognized for excellence in eLearning, put cybersecurity education within reach&nbsp;of students nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Associate of Science in Cybersecurity&nbsp;degree, available in Fall 2021, introduces the basics of digital defense, including data and network asset protection, penetration&nbsp;testing (aka ethical hacking), and forensic investigation. Graduates of this&nbsp;two-year&nbsp;program can transfer seamlessly into&nbsp;WilmU&#8217;s&nbsp;Bachelor of Science in Computer &amp; Network Security (see below)&nbsp;to&nbsp;complete the degree in another two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/technology\/computer-network-security.aspx\">BS in Cybersecurity<\/a>&nbsp;provides&nbsp;a&nbsp;broad foundation in cybersecurity while qualifying&nbsp;its&nbsp;graduates&nbsp;for entry to&nbsp;industry-recognized certification exams, including CISA, CISSP, A+, Linux+, Security+, and Network+.&nbsp;Students can also customize their degrees with&nbsp;a concentration in Digital Forensics and\/or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/technology\/digital-evidence-certificate.aspx\">certificates in Digital Evidence Discovery and Digital Evidence Investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mid-career professionals can master offensive security tactics through the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/technology\/cybersecurity-master.aspx\">Master of Science in Cybersecurity<\/a>, an in-depth&nbsp;review&nbsp;of&nbsp;cyberintelligence,&nbsp;cybercrime investigation, forensics, critical structure preservation,&nbsp;countersabotage, and espionage. MS in Cybersecurity candidates can specialize their degrees through concentrations in Cyber Terrorism or SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Information Assurance concentration of&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/technology\/information-systems-technologies.aspx\">Master of Science in&nbsp;Information&nbsp;Systems Technologies<\/a>&nbsp;explores cybersecurity&#8217;s complex systems from a business perspective,&nbsp;preparing graduates to develop,&nbsp;implement, and protect&nbsp;technological solutions through&nbsp;the use of&nbsp;managerial concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The College of Technology&#8217;s&nbsp;five-course graduate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/technology\/scada-cyber-security.aspx\">certificate in SCADA Cybersecurity<\/a>&nbsp;focuses on the&nbsp;strategic&nbsp;monitoring and control&nbsp;of the infrastructure and processes behind&nbsp;such critical industries as power generation and transmission, water treatment, transportation, and pipelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2011,&nbsp;WilmU&nbsp;and its bachelor&#8217;s degree in Computer &amp; Network Security have been&nbsp;named a National Center of Academic Excellence for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency, a&nbsp;designation that strengthens students&#8217; career prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our&nbsp;CNS bachelor&#8217;s&nbsp;curriculum, faculty, and academic activities meet the federal government&#8217;s rigorous standards,&#8221; says Dr.&nbsp;Hufe. &#8220;That means&nbsp;the program&#8217;s&nbsp;graduates have the qualifications that the government is looking for.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students pursuing an associate degree in Cybersecurity at&nbsp;WilmU&nbsp;also benefit from this designation, says Dr.&nbsp;Hufe, as the two programs share faculty and coursework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Affordable and available 100% online,&nbsp;WilmU&#8217;s&nbsp;cybersecurity degree and certificate programs allow you to learn while you earn,&nbsp;acquiring&nbsp;the&nbsp;professional&nbsp;skills necessary to meet tomorrow&#8217;s challenges while putting your&nbsp;coursework lessons&nbsp;to work on the job today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information&nbsp;about cybersecurity education at&nbsp;WilmU, please visit the College of Technology&#8217;s website at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/technology\/indext.aspx\">wilmu.edu\/technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ransomware attacks, data breaches, and other&nbsp;highly publicized&nbsp;E-crimes are highlighting&nbsp;a nationwide demand for cybersecurity experts. 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