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Cyber Operations and Resilience (M.S.)

Master Degree
Boise State University
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Instruction Method
Online
Time to Degree
2 years
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About the Program

Defend and protect organizations from malicious cyberattacks as a cyber industry leader. Boise State Online’s Master of Science in Cyber Operations and Resilience prepares you to meet security challenges head-on by teaching students to design, remediate and operate resilient information systems and networks. Students earn an advanced degree plus graduate certificates and industry credentials and can choose between technical and non-technical tracks

Program Requirements

  • Graduate Major Requirements complete the following 3 requirements
    10 credits
    CORE500 - Cyber Systems Thinking
    3 credits
    CORE501 - Cyber Risk Assessment
    1 credit
    Take at least 6 credits from the following (or 6 credits of Approved Electives):
    CORE511 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
    1 credit
    CORE520 - Cyber Security Operations Ctr
    1 credit
    CORE514 - Cyber Informed Engineering
    1 credit
    CORE512 - Intro to Deep Learning
    1 credit
    CORE522 - Cyber Red and Blue Teams
    1 credit
    CORE502 - Cyber Threat Modeling
    1 credit
    CORE503 - Information Assurance
    1 credit
    CORE513 - Internet of Things Arch
    1 credit
    CORE510 - Applied Cybersecurity Prog
    1 credit
    CORE521 - Cyber Bus and Regulatory Op
    1 credit
  • Complete 2 of the following areas, totaling 18 credits complete the following 4 requirements
    18 credits
    Governance Policy Administration
    CORE570 - Cyber Risk Management
    3 credits
    CORE571 - Cyberlaw, Ethics, and Policy
    3 credits
    CORE572 - Cyber Governance & Compliance
    3 credits
    Resilience Engineering
    Take the following
    CORE560 - Cyber Resilience Sys Design
    3 credits
    CORE561 - Network Design and Exploitation Techniques
    3 credits
    CORE562 - Resilience Coding Arch of Dev
    3 credits
    Analyst and Threat Intelligence
    CORE550 - Cyber Threat Intelligence
    3 credits
    CORE551 - Cyber Warfare and Conflicts
    3 credits
    CORE552 - Cyber Dig and Sig Intelligence
    3 credits
  • Take at least 2 credits from the following: take 2 credits, take at least 1 course
    2 credits
    CORE591 - Project
    1 - 12 credits
    CORE578 - Teaching
    1 credit
    CORE579 - Certification
    1 credit
Grand Total Credits
30

* Please note that you must meet with an advisor each semester in order to verify degree completion time as well as online course offerings for the program requirements.