Cybersecurity Programs

Already teaching in these WSU programs are cybersecurity scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Mission Support Alliance (MSA) in Richland, who involve students in forefront cybersecurity projects.

Owing to the growth of our programs, we are recruiting one more full-time faculty member, who would obtain a joint appointment at PNNL and whose research and teaching expertise include current cybersecurity subfields such as: cybersecurity of critical infrastructures, security of industrial control systems, and human factors in cybersecurity, and whose interests encompass resilience; “Secure by Design” methodologies; or foundational science of cybersecurity, including predictions and measurements in cyberspace.

Cybersecurity builds upon a solid computer science foundation. Sample classes include:

• Advanced Data Structures
• Software Design
• Introduction to Computer Architecture
• Introduction to Computer Networks
• Computer Security
• Advanced Security
• Critical Infrastructure Security: The Emerging Smart Grid
• Cybersecurity / Information Assurance
• Human Computer Interaction
• Control System Cybersecurity
• Scientific Methods for Cybersecurity Research

As professional opportunities in Cybersecurity abound, here is a representative set of resources on top job titles, U.S. job distribution, and internship opportunities.

Through special partnerships, students also complete paid internships in real-world organizations with superior cybersecurity operations, such as PNNL and MSA.

You may even earn both a BS and an MS degree in 5 years, instead of 6, and study cybersecurity abroad for a semester at Switzerland’s Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

This is one of our overseas partners in cybersecurity and data science.

Our baccalaureate computer science degree programs are accredited by ABET, (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.) the esteemed U.S. organization that accredits computer science and engineering programs. This accreditation ensures that our graduates possess the preparation needed by the profession. With a WSU Computer Science baccalaureate degree, you will advance professionally in cybersecurity, secure high-paying positions in one of the numerous WA opportunities in this 21st century field, and also gain admission in prestigious graduate programs.

Would you like to safeguard the world’s cyberspace and protect societies?

It’s in the job description of Computer Science with cybersecurity focus!

As a top-ranked research institution immersed in new discoveries in all of its campuses, Washington State University is an ideal institution for graduate students, who, upon completion of their program, become innovative researchers and practitioners and frequently rise to leadership positions in industry and academia.

You will elevate your cybersecurity abilities and professional skills by conducting leading-edge research based on theory and practice and collaborating with renowned WSU faculty and overseas researchers. Under a recently-established partnership between WSU and the nearby Pacific National Northwest Laboratory , you will also be working on advanced cybersecurity projects at PNNL a world-class research enterprise that advances the frontiers of science and engineering.

Research projects are jointly conducted by PNNL and WSU. This relationship between these two organizations is a natural outcome of the laboratory’s position as a global leader in cybersecurity and the university’s vibrant programs in computer science.

An International Double Master’s Degree program, the only one of its kind in WA, is also available in collaboration with Switzerland’s Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), offering a cybersecurity focus.

Graduating globally-educated professionals for leadership in multinational corporations and without any increase in the normal graduate tuition, this program engages students in Switzerland, for one year, and in the U.S. for another year, and awards two Master’s degrees, from WSU and ZHAW.