MS in Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity

Launch your career as an information technology security analyst, cyber defense manager, or forensic examiner in the private or public sector. UAlbany’s master’s in digital forensics and cybersecurity will teach you how to rapidly detect and deter malicious network intruders and use special forensics tools to gather and analyze digital evidence.

Virtually every enterprise in operation today relies on computer systems and digital networks to stay in business. This means that millions of trained cybersecurity and digital forensics experts are needed to set up and maintain protected information systems across all industries and in global corporations, small companies, nonprofit organizations, and federal, state, and local government offices. Because national security depends on corporations and governments preventing criminal access to large-scale industrial and critical infrastructure systems, graduates of this program enjoy many employment opportunities in public utility companies, nuclear power plants, water distribution departments, and communication networks.

We provide high-quality business education and advance knowledge through scholarly and applied research and engage effectively with alumni and the business and academic communities. We also offer innovative and distinctive niche programs and experiential learning opportunities in collaboration with campus and corporate partners. These programs provide our students with a competitive edge in the job market.

With the school’s strong pipelines to the business community, most of our students are placed in jobs before graduation and have access to top executives in leading firms. School of Business alumni become a powerful network of leaders truly shaping the business world.