Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management online

This STEM-designated degree program prepares you for a successful career in one of the world’s fastest-growing industries: cybersecurity management.

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Program Overview

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$17,445* Total Tuition
As few as 12-18 months Program Duration
30 Credit Hours

Become an in-demand professional with the valuable skills you will acquire in the Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management online program from Murray State University. Designed with the needs of various industries in mind – including healthcare, education and finance – this STEM-designated degree provides students with the technical foundation to manage and secure contemporary data networks. You will receive an overview of security challenges and mitigation controls such as network intrusion, prevention and detection, incident response, malicious software, public key encryption, and message authentication. You will also graduate equipped with skills in cybersecurity governance, policy and planning, risk management, business continuity and more. This degree can complement your existing career by adding collaborative information technology and security expertise to your professional strengths.

Students in this cybersecurity management master’s program will learn how projects align with the overall strategy of an organization. Topics include key functional areas such as governance, risk and compliance (GRC), program assessment and metrics, enterprise-wide information security awareness and training, as well as the processes and procedures for an information systems compliance audit. Additional areas of study include intelligence collection, threat hunting, principles of forensic investigation, root-cause analysis, and development and execution policy.

An advantage of our innovative program is that you do not need an extensive background in IT or cybersecurity to get started. Murray State faculty follow the technology industry closely to continuously assess and determine how to best develop your abilities, beginning with the basics.

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As a graduate of this online cybersecurity management program, you will be able to:

  • Become a member of ISACA® and have access to mentors, networking opportunities, and additional training and credentials
  • Understand the infrastructures and architecture of networks, data communications, and hardware/software components to business needs
  • Work with industry partners to examine security operations, management, governance, risk and compliance
  • Discover the root cause of security breaches and lead forensic investigations
As a graduate of this online cybersecurity management program, you will be able to:+
  • Become a member of ISACA® and have access to mentors, networking opportunities, and additional training and credentials
  • Understand the infrastructures and architecture of networks, data communications, and hardware/software components to business needs
  • Work with industry partners to examine security operations, management, governance, risk and compliance
  • Discover the root cause of security breaches and lead forensic investigations

This program will prepare you for careers such as:

  • Information Security Manager
  • Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
  • Cybersecurity Consultant
  • Compliance and Risk Analyst
  • Security Architect
  • Incident Response Manager
  • Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager
This program will prepare you for careers such as:+
  • Information Security Manager
  • Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
  • Cybersecurity Consultant
  • Compliance and Risk Analyst
  • Security Architect
  • Incident Response Manager
  • Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager
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Tuition

Pay by the course for your online program

The MS Cybersecurity Management online program offers affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition. All fees are included.

Tuition breakdown:

$581.50 Per Credit Hour
$17,445* Total Tuition
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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MS – Cybersecurity Management $581.50 $1,744.50 $17,445*

*The tuition rate is subject to annual changes based on approval by the Murray State University Board of Regents and the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Refer to Graduate Tuition Rates for more information on the cost of attendance for Murray State.

Calendar

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Murray State University online programs are delivered in an accelerated format ideal for working professionals, conveniently featuring multiple start dates each year.

Now enrolling:

1/8/25 Next Application Deadline
1/14/25 Start Classes

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TermStart DateApplication DeadlineDocument & Financial Aid DeadlinePriority Registration DeadlineTuition DeadlineLast Class DayTerm Length
Fall 210/15/2410/9/2410/10/2410/11/2410/14/2412/8/247 weeks
Spring 11/14/251/8/251/9/251/10/251/13/253/5/257 weeks
Spring 23/11/253/5/253/6/253/7/253/10/255/6/257 weeks
Summer 15/12/255/6/255/7/255/8/255/9/256/21/257 weeks
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Admissions

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At Murray State University, we’ve streamlined the admission process to help you get started quickly and easily. Please read the requirements for the MS Cybersecurity Management online, including where to send your transcripts.

The requirements include:

Online application accepted on a rolling basis
Undergraduate degree from an accredited institution
Transcripts from all colleges and universities previously attended
GMAT waiver available for qualified applicants
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For admission to this MS Cybersecurity Management online program, you must meet one of the following sets of requirements:

  • Master's degree in a relevant field or doctoral-level degree from an accredited institution
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with:
    • 3.25 undergraduate GPA
    • 3.0 GPA and two years of full-time relevant work experience
    • 2.75 GPA and four years of full-time relevant work experience
    • 2.5 GPA and four years of relevant full-time work experience along with a minimum GMAT score of 430 along with a minimum quantitative subscore of 32 or a minimum GRE total score of 288 along with a minimum quantitative subscore of 147

Note: For domestic applicants with below a 2.5 undergraduate GPA who have the necessary exam score, and whose case includes exceptional circumstances, the admissions committee may conduct a candidate review on a case-by-case basis. In such exceptional cases, the admissions committee will review whether a candidate has significant high-level work experience or qualifications and at least five years since earning a bachelor’s degree.

Official transcripts, test scores and other documents should be sent from issuing institutions to:

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Courses

Learn the degree plan for our online Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management

For the MS Cybersecurity Management online, you must complete 24 credit hours of core courses and six credit hours of electives.

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Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of data communication, network infrastructure, transmission technologies, and hardware/software components that support modern business communications. Designed to provide students with the technical foundation to manage and secure contemporary data networks.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of modern computer, network, and information system security. This course provides an overview of security challenges and mitigation controls in the information system environment. Topics include network intrusion prevention and detection, incident response, malicious software (malware), public key encryption, message authentication, and privacy issues.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Law, policy and regulation as they affect telecommunications technologies and telecommunications business strategies. Emphasis will be placed on an examination of the FCC, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and the telecommunications business environment, including licensing, privacy, security, divestiture and antitrust.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Course designed to provide an in-depth understanding of key ideas, practices, issues, concepts, artifacts, practices, frameworks, and theories of project management in the context of IT, telecommunications, and cybersecurity. Special emphasis is put on understanding of how projects align with the overall strategy of an organization and how well-planned projects can help an organization achieve positive results in relation to operations, competitive advantage, and security.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Information security program management focuses on the managerial aspects of information security. Functional areas covered are governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), personnel and external relationships, program assessment and metrics, enterprise-wide information security awareness and training programs, and the processes and procedures for information systems compliance audit.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Information security risk management is the application of risk management techniques to business information technology systems to reduce the risk, threats, and vulnerabilities. Using an industry standard risk management framework, conduct an information technology risk assessment using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, develop risk management policies and reports, create risk management mitigation plan, and define risk management mitigation security measurements and baselining.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Incident response is an organization's response and management of a security incident such as breach, cyberattack effect. Learn intelligence collection, threat hunting, cybersecurity situational awareness, principles of forensic investigations, root cause analysis, and development and execution of policy in response to human and non-human incidents.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An experiential learning capstone course culminating graduate course work into a Cybersecurity Management proposed solution. Students will collaborate with industry partners to review, develop, or assess information security program operation, management, projects, or governance, risk management, or compliance policies. Major emphasis in the proposed cybersecurity solution is on identifying goals, objectives and metrics, along with the ability to specify, design, operate, manage and implement a comprehensive cybersecurity program. Oral communication skills are required for presentation of proposed cybersecurity solution.
Students must take two electives from the following
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This class is designed to provide students a guided practical experience into ethical hacking. The goal of the course is to teach students through hands-on experience what ethical hacking tools are being used in real world scenarios to learn how to defend against them while preparing for the Certified Ethical Hacker Exam.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of security operation center operations, processes, procedures, technologies, and workflows. Students gain knowledge of log management and correlation, SIEM deployment, advanced incident detection, and incident response.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This class is designed to provide students an insight of current security scenarios and increasing hacking attempts on various information systems. The goal of the ethical hacking and countermeasures is to help the organizations take preemptive measures against malicious attacks by attacking the system themselves staying within legal limits.

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