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MSc Cyber Security Engineering

The purpose of the MS in Cyber Security Engineering from George Mason University is to provide students with the currently rare combination of highly technical knowledge and skills, cyber security expertise, and a holistic systems engineering perspective.

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Duration

1 year

Starting Date

January, August

Tuition Fee

$ 1,487 per credit

Location

Fairfax, United States

About the programme

The program provides instruction on the design, planning, and management of systems and procedures for protecting critical physical and cyber infrastructure from external threats, including terrorism.

Key Features

The Cyber Security Engineering program at George Mason University provides students with the deep technical foundations of cyber security in the form of software, hardware, networking, and cryptography, as well as systems engineering tools and methods to design and secure complex cyber physical systems.

Students learn homeland security policy, critical infrastructure policy, information security, matrix vulnerability assessment, threat assessment, physical security, personnel security, operational security, contingency planning, case analyses of specific industries and systems, redundancy planning, emergency and disaster planning, security systems, and intelligence operations.