Protect Critical Company Data From Being Compromised

Cyber Security Bachelor’s Degree

As businesses continue to move toward fully digital systems to manage and hold their critical information, they must also develop a strategy for protecting that priceless data. As a student in our Cyber Security Bachelor’s degree, you will gain the technical knowledge and investigative skills needed to help you enter this specialized area of IT within homeland security, law enforcement, business, and industrial sectors that are concerned about protecting information and information systems.

Our Cyber Security Bachelor’s degree curriculum provides the technical skills and knowledge you need to successfully protect organizational data, investigate data breaches, and develop strategies to prevent data from being compromised through:

  • Theory and application of legal issues as applied to information and information security systems
  • Advanced instruction in today’s newest IT area: techniques, standards, and technology used to protect electronic information
  • Information security advanced topics: operations, forensics, programming, and strategic risk assessment

To enhance your resume even further, you can earn several industry certifications from CompTIA®, Microsoft®, and Cisco®. These certifications are industry standards and highlight your skill and knowledge in a variety of areas in your field. Plus, as a Rasmussen College student, after completing eligible courses, these certification exams are available to you at no additional cost—we will cover your practice exams and exam application fee.*

*Rasmussen College will cover the application fee for each first attempt of all of the industry certification exams for which you qualify to take. Should you need to take an exam more than once to receive a passing score, you will be responsible for all subsequent exam application fees.

Real Knowledge for Real-World Challenges

Your Cyber Security Bachelor’s degree curriculum provides the technical skills and knowledge you need to successfully protect organizational data, investigate data breaches, and develop strategies to prevent data from being compromised through:

  • Theory and application of legal issues as applied to information and information security systems
  • Advanced instruction in cutting-edge IT areas: techniques, standards, and technology used to protect electronic information
  • Information security advanced topics: operations, forensics, programming, and strategic risk assessment
  • Opportunities to prepare and sit for industry certifications*
  • Hands-on instruction that combines IT skills and criminal justice knowledge
  • Solid communication and management skills

Learn more about our Cyber Security Bachelor’s degree and how Rasmussen College is committed to your success. Complete the contact request form on the right or call us at 888-549-6755. One of our program managers will be happy to talk with you and answer all of your questions.

* View our industry certification opportunities

Cyber Security Bachelor’s Degree Course Highlights

Your Cyber Security Bachelor’s degree curriculum provides advanced instruction in the most relevant areas, including information assurance, forensics, and cyber security, as well as:

Managing Risk for Information Systems
This course addresses the broad topic of risk management and how risk, threats, and vulnerabilities impact information systems. Areas of instruction include how to assess and manage risk based on defining an acceptable level of risk for information systems. Elements of a business impact analysis, business continuity plan, and disaster recovery plan will be discussed.

Network Security and Cryptography
This course examines threats to computer networks, network vulnerabilities, techniques for strengthening passive defenses, tools for establishing an active network defense, and policies for enhancing forensic analysis of crimes and attacks on computer networks. Topics include private and public key cryptography, digital signatures, secret sharing, security protocols, formal methods for analyzing network security, electronic mail security, firewalls, intrusion detection, Internet privacy and public key infrastructures.

Hacker Techniques, Tools and Applications
This course is an introduction to hacking tools and incident handling. Areas of instruction include various tools and vulnerabilities of operating systems, software, and networks used by hackers to access unauthorized information. This course also addresses incident handling methods used when information security is compromised.

View Cyber Security Bachelor's Degree course listing

Career Possibilities

The Bureau of Labor Statistics currently groups job outlook and career information for Cyber Security professionals under the “Network and Computer Systems Administrator” title. Overall employment of computer network, systems, and database administrators is projected to increase by 23 percent from 2008 to 2018, much faster than the average for all occupations. In addition, this occupation will add 78,900 new jobs over that period.

            Employment Change
(2008-2018)

Job Title		 25th Percentile 50th Percentile 75th Percentile Employment 2008 Projected Employment
Percent
Number
Network & Computer Systems Administration $52,940 $67,710 $85,830 339,500 418,400 23% 79,900


"Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, Dec. 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

BLS salary data may not reflect expected entry level earnings.

Seamless Credit Transfer Policies

Transferring your credits doesn't need to be difficult.  At Rasmussen College, our transfer policies are designed to maximize your credit transfer and minimize your time to graduation.

Check out some of our highlighted transfer policies below or visit our Transfer Policy for a full description of each policy.

  • Transfer your entire Associate’s degree credits and enter at Junior status if you have an Associate's degree and are seeking a Bachelor’s degree in a similar field—this also means you will not have to complete any pre-requisites for most degrees ¹
  •  Transfer all general education courses from your previously-earned Associate's or Bachelor's degree regardless of course of study ²
  • Course-by-course evaluation of all courses with a grade of C or higher
  • Credit by examination, which gives you an opportunity to test out of courses where you can demonstrate specific knowledge.  These tests are offered free of charge to Rasmussen College students. 
  • Earn college credit through prior work, learning, and military experiences

Contact a program manager today at 888-549-6755 or complete the form on the right and one of our program managers will contact you to discuss transferring your college credit to Rasmussen College.

¹ Rasmussen College reserves the right to accept or deny transfer of credits based on guidelines defined in the course catalog.  Rasmussen College transfer policies vary by state and degree; contact your local campus to discuss your credit transfer options.
² Refer to the General Education Block Transfer For Baccalaureate Candidates for complete details and restrictions.