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Earn Your Online Cyber Security Degree

In a data-driven world, security professionals are essential defenders to protect sensitive data from theft against cyber threats.

Southern New Hampshire University’s Bachelor of Science (BS) in Cyber Security online program provides hands-on experiences to help you develop a “security mindset,” empowering you to begin a career building secure systems, protecting information assets and managing organizational risks.

By focusing on systems thinking – a holistic view of how parts of complex systems relate, influence and interact with each other – and adversarial thinking – a deep understanding of hacker tradecraft and adaptive incident response tactics – you'll learn how to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty and apply proven security principles to solve problems at the critical intersection of people, process and technology.

Learn how to:

• Identify and define the computing requirements to solve problems
• Communicate effectively with a range of audiences
• Make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles
• Help establish goals, plan tasks, meet deadlines, manage risk and produce deliverables
• Apply security principles and practices to various components of a system
• Analyze and evaluate systems in the presence of risks and threats

Choose to study the general track of the cyber security bachelor's degree, or add one of 2 career-focused concentrations to your program: data analytics or project management.

SNHU's cyber security programs are aligned with recognized standards such as NIST's NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework, NSA Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense and CSEC Cyber Security Education Consortium.

Career Outlook

SNHU cyber security graduates are well prepared to launch careers in a wide variety of roles, including:

• Information security manager
• Information systems security administrator
• Information technology security analyst
• Security analyst or security engineer
• Security manager or security policy analyst

As data threats expand and evolve – and small and medium-sized businesses increasingly adopt cloud services – the cyber security field is key in protecting the integrity of computer networks.

"There's a huge demand for (security analysts) because they help organizations that weren't built to handle these types of threats continuously adapt and continue to operate in spite of them," said Jonathan Kamyck, associate dean of cyber security at Southern New Hampshire University.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of information security analysts is set to soar 32% through 2028, much faster than the national average for all occupations, and the median annual salary for information security analyst occupations was $99,730 in May 2019.1

Should you choose to study cyber security beyond the undergraduate level, SNHU offers a master's degree in cyber security – both as a general track and with a concentration in IT management.