Advice from a Cyber Security expert
To give you the best insights about what it means to study Cyber Security and advance to a Cyber Security career, we’ve contacted an expert in the field: Bogdan Botezatu, Senior E-threat Analyst at Bitdefender.
What will I study during a Cyber Security degree?
Because IT Security is still a relatively young discipline, universities and colleges are still figuring out which is the best approach for their degrees. Study programmes and curricula in Cyber Security are different.
Some might focus more on programming, while others place more emphasis on digital forensics, security policies, or broad aspects of Cyber Security. According to the NSA’s 2014 Academic Criteria, IT Security degrees should include classes on:
- Basic Data Analysis
- Basic Scripting or Introductory Programming
- Cyber Defense
- Cyber Threats
- Fundamental Security Design Principles
- Information Assurance Fundamentals
- Intro to Cryptography
- IT Systems Components
- Networking Concepts
- Policy, Legal, Ethics, and Compliance
- System Administration
- What’s the duration of Cyber Security degrees?
- Bachelor’s degrees in Cyber Security take 3 or 4 years in most countries.
- Master’s courses in Cyber Security take between 1-2 years to complete.
- PhD programmes in Cyber Security last 3-5 years. Some only take 1 or 2 years, but they are less common.
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