Cybersecurity Tracks
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Choose one or multiple tracks, and pursue your interests.
The 11-course, 31-credit curriculum was designed with input from industry experts to ensure you gain skills that line up with current market demands. Part of that design centers on four tracks so you can develop specific career skills in different areas of cybersecurity.
Which Track is Right for You?
Whether you choose the Digital Forensics and Security Management track or the Secure System Design track, the UW Cybersecurity program prepares you to work in diverse cybersecurity areas. Here are some backgrounds that connect well with each track and a brief description.
Digital Forensics & Security Management
Career Experience: Law Enforcement or Military
Skills: Computer criminology, network forensics, digital evidence investigation techniques, forensic iconology
Think of it like a forensic analyst in a crime show: they examine crime scenes, analyze evidence, record observations, catalog data. Data forensics, as the name implies, does the same thing – just with digital evidence. This track is the recovery, investigation, examination and analysis of material found on electronic media.
Security System Design
Career Experience: Experienced Technologist
Skills: Modern cryptography, foundations of engineering secure applications, cyber-physical systems, secure cloud computing
Like an architect designs a house, you'll design the framework that defends your organization against cybersecurity attacks. The simplest kind of framework? Passwords. But it gets more and more complicated the deeper you go into security architecture. In order to succeed in this track, you’ll need a deep understanding of all aspects of information technology.
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