As cybersecurity majors, students will gain the skills and knowledge to prevent, detect and respond to threats against computer systems, networks, hardware, programs and digital data. Explore topics like computer forensics, network security, types of cyberattacks, operating systems and security tools. They could also participate in leading cybersecurity industry research and build defenses against real-world cyber threats.
As one of the National Security Agency’s first seven National Centers of Academic Excellence in cyber defense education, University of Idaho is a leader in advanced cybersecurity training and offers one of the nation’s few comprehensive cybersecurity degree programs. Graduates have the in-demand expertise to protect computer networks from hackers, defend individual privacy and intellectual property, secure infrastructure critical to state and nation, and develop secure software and computing systems.
