While technology changes constantly, schools are offering more students the opportunity to obtain a master's degree in cybersecurity to answer growing threats on the internet.
According to the security software company Sophos, from 2004 to 2005 the number of cybersecurity threats increased by 48 percent, and these breaches cost an average of 3.4 million dollars in damages for each business. There are also about 40,000 new web-based threats every day.
Utica College saw enrollment within its criminal justice programs more than quadruple in the last year with the school's addition of a master's degree in cybersecurity. Joe Giordano, assistant professor of criminal justice, says the amount of students who want this degree "shows us that this is a nationally significant problem and that we have addressed it." The new program allows students to focus on intelligence, forensics and security within computers.
According to NPR.org, approximately 92 percent of all Americans 60 years old and younger have used a computer, while 68 percent of everyone working in the U.S. uses one at work. As the number of people who use a computer remains high, so does the need for a master's degree in cybersecurity.
