Overview

During our Security and Risk Analysis - Information and Cyber Security Option from Penn State World Campus students are introduced to the tools and skills needed to determine the required confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an asset (i.e. a person, structure, facility, information, material, or process that has value).

The degree looks at how to design secure systems, evaluate and measure risk, and ensure that proper levels of privacy are maintained for individual technology users, businesses, government, and other organizations. Courses specific to information and cyber security are embedded within the degree program. These courses can provide you with an understanding of the theories, skills, and technologies associated with network security, cyber threat defense, information warfare, and critical infrastructure protection across multiple industries.  

Careers

With the BS in SRA, you can prepare for positions such as:

• applications security specialist

• network security specialist

• computer forensics specialist

• computer system auditor

• intelligence analyst and specialist

• cyber-intelligence analyst

• business intelligence analyst

• business process analyst

• counterintelligence and counterterrorism threat analysis

• economic crime analyst

• information security analyst,

• international crime officer

• policy analyst

• program and management analyst