{"591531":{"#nid":"591531","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Master of Information Security Degree Expands Across Three Colleges","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents in the fields of liberal arts and electrical engineering now can prepare for a cybersecurity career via a newly expanded degree program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause cybersecurity no longer is confined to the discipline of computer science, three specialization tracks \u0026mdash; policy, energy systems, and information security \u0026mdash; will be offered to broaden Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iisp.gatech.edu\/masters-degree\u0022\u003EMaster of Science in Information Security\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(M.S. INFS). The degree, historically housed under the College of Computing, has been renamed the\u0026nbsp;Master of Science in Cybersecurity\u0026nbsp;and is delivered through three colleges at Georgia Tech, effective May 1.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EParticipating are the College of Engineering School of Electrical \u0026amp; Computer Engineering, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Public Policy, and the College of Computing School of Computer Science. Students may enter the degree from any of the three colleges, take a uniform set of core courses, and complete a specialization track for a total of 32 credit hours.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech recognizes that the field of cybersecurity has become much broader than just technologies that secure digital information,\u0026rdquo; says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\/mustaque-ahamad\u0022\u003EMustaque Ahamad\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor of computer science who initiated the expansion and established Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s pioneering information security program 15 years ago. \u0026ldquo;Cybersecurity touches multiple disciplines, careers, and nearly all aspects of society \u0026mdash; especially energy and public policy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECybersecurity is already a part of courses taught by internationally recognized Georgia Tech faculty with expertise in public policy and electrical engineering, including professors\u0026nbsp;Raheem Beyah, Hans Klein, Milton Mueller, and\u0026nbsp;Peter Swire. The expanded degree formalizes a track for those students and others\u0026nbsp;and also updates the existing curriculum to align with industry standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe expanded degree confirms for students in other programs, such as liberal arts, that cybersecurity will be part of their careers, and it allows them to focus on a critical area of cybersecurity\u0026nbsp;in addition to core\u0026nbsp;computing fundamentals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As technology evolves and changes how societies interact, public policy must lead and continually represent the values and wishes of society,\u0026rdquo; says\u0026nbsp;Kaye Husbands Fealing, chair of the School of Public Policy. \u0026ldquo;Cybersecurity policy affects privacy, speech, and governance of the tools that are now essential to commerce and communication. We\u0026rsquo;re pleased to offer this focus.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, such as power and water systems, demands more attention from industry, policymakers, and academia,\u0026rdquo; says\u0026nbsp;Steven W. McLaughlin, professor and the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of the School of Electrical \u0026amp; Computer Engineering. \u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s research in this area has sounded the alarm for our society to take heed of these issues, and now we\u0026rsquo;re pleased to support that with a formalized degree dedicated to energy systems cybersecurity.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New Master of Science degree recognizes broad scope of cybersecurity."}],"uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2017-05-08 19:53:03","changed_gmt":"2017-05-24 20:56:59","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"591563":{"id":"591563","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen Students, 2016.","body":null,"created":"1494344044","gmt_created":"2017-05-09 15:34:04","changed":"1494344044","gmt_changed":"2017-05-09 15:34:04","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225458","name":"Cropped_for_mercury458.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Cropped_for_mercury458.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Cropped_for_mercury458.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":454959,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Cropped_for_mercury458.jpg?itok=ETzWNV5H"}}},"media_ids":["591563"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/master-science-information-security-program-study","title":"Master of Science in Information Security"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"174374","name":"ms cybersecurity"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}