Cybersecurity Degree Programs

Study cybersecurity online or on campus at Liberty University

The current global cybersecurity workforce gap is 3.5 million¹, your choice to study cybersecurity is a smart one.

And since most jobs in this area require a degree, you’d be right on track studying at Liberty University. Liberty offers Information Systems (IS), Information Technology (IT), and Computer Science (CS) degrees that will prepare you for entering one of the highest paying careers in the Information Technology field.

Decide which type of cybersecurity job is right for you, and let Liberty University prepare you for success.

Learn more about Liberty’s Cybersecurity activities:

• Check out the Center for Cyber Excellence
• Learn more about cybersecurity career paths and employment opportunities by state.

¹Cybersecurity statistics were taken from Forbes.com.

Security GRC

Get involved in the Security Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) of an organization.

Help with the creation, operation, and maintenance of Information Security Policies, Procedures, and Standards.

With a career in GRC, you will work to assess and reduce the risk of the organization to cyber attack.

Careers in Security GRC

• Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
• Security Policy Manager
• Security Manager
• Information Assurance

Security Technology

Through the Security Technology career field, you would help to provide a security architecture of the enterprise network and systems within an organization. The security architecture will be based on a risk assessment.

Then you will implement a wide range of security controls to raise the security posture of the organization and mitigate emerging threats.

Careers in Security Technology

• Penetration Tester
• Security Engineer
• Security Analyst
• Security Architect
• Ethical Hacker

Secure Development

Help to solve tomorrow’s cybersecurity challenges with a career in Secure Development.

Start by understanding today’s underlying principles and theories of the technologies used in IT.

Then, develop new solutions to meet tomorrow’s challenges by implementing security throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Careers in Secure Development

• Secure Developer
• Reverse Engineer
• Malware Analyst
• Threat Hunter
• Security Researcher

Executive Director for the Center for Cyber Excellence

Richard Bansley

Professor Richard Bansley served over 20 years in the United States Navy as a signals intelligence specialist. He earned his Navy Aircrewman wings as an airborne electronic warfare analyst and trainer. As a Navy instructor, he developed the course curriculum and taught joint service computerized SIGINT collection and analysis techniques, earning a Navy Master Training Specialist certification.

Professor Bansley maintains the SANS GCIH and GRID certifications and has also worked as a project manager and senior staff engineer for multiple space and defense and other federal government customers.

An 80,000-square-foot, three-story building houses Liberty University’s School of Business. Featuring a number of innovative spaces, the building includes:

• Stock trading simulation rooms with ticker boards
• Information technology labs
• Networking and data centers
• 500-seat auditorium
• Center for Entrepreneurship
• Center for Cyber Excellence
• On premise Student Data Center (SDC)