{"id":14547,"date":"2019-06-24T13:13:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T17:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=14547"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:24","slug":"dearborn-to-offer-masters-program-in-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/24\/dearborn-to-offer-masters-program-in-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Dearborn to offer masters program in cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-700x392.jpg\" alt=\"African-American instructor in front of class with computers\" class=\"wp-image-14549\"\/><figcaption>(UM-Dearborn News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just two years after starting its bachelors in cybersecurity, <a href=\"https:\/\/umdearborn.edu\/news\/all-news\/articles\/um-dearborn-has-three-new-masters-degrees-debuting-fall\">UM-Dearborn is already adding a masters program<\/a>. Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science Di Ma says the fall debut of the&nbsp;M.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance&nbsp;is being driven by student demand and the metro region\u2019s big growth in the field \u2014 which saw a 400-percent spike in job postings between 2010 and 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are currently five other cybersecurity masters programs in the state. But Ma expects UM-Dearborn\u2019s to stand out for its unique approach, which is both highly multidisciplinary and rooted in technical core studies in computer science and engineering. \u201cThe interesting thing about cyber security is that computing is a central part, but you also have to have an understanding of social engineering, human factors, psychology and legal and ethical issues,\u201d Ma said. The program can be completed entirely on campus, entirely online or a combination of both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just two years after starting its bachelors in cybersecurity, UM-Dearborn is already adding a masters program. Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science Di Ma says the fall debut of the&nbsp;M.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance&nbsp;is being driven by student demand and the metro region\u2019s big growth in the field \u2014 which saw a 400-percent spike in job\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/24\/dearborn-to-offer-masters-program-in-cybersecurity\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,27],"tags":[488,36,26],"class_list":["post-14547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","category-professional-development","category-safe-computing","tag-cybersecurity","tag-dearborn","tag-training"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-e1562606349296.jpg",750,420,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-200x112.jpg",200,112,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-768x430.jpg",665,372,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-700x392.jpg",600,336,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-e1562606349296.jpg",750,420,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-e1562606349296.jpg",750,420,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-665x372.jpg",665,372,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/newprograms_newssite-e1562606349296.jpg",400,224,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Just two years after starting its bachelors in cybersecurity, UM-Dearborn is already adding a masters program. Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science Di Ma says the fall debut of the&nbsp;M.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance&nbsp;is being driven by student demand and the metro region\u2019s big growth in the field \u2014 which saw a 400-percent&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14547"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14551,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14547\/revisions\/14551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}