B.Sc. in Cybersecurity

Program Overview

Description

The newly launched B.Sc. in Cybersecurity program is offered to equip the local and regional job market with an undergraduate program to cope with the increased threats and risks facing the critical digital infrastructure that modern societies and businesses rely on. With topics such as Digital Espionage, Ransomware, and Cyberethics dominating the headlines, the program aims to prepare its graduates to identify, combat, mitigate, and prevent such risks. Skills taught in the program cover a wide range of crucial threats and risks detection and prevention techniques, IT security analysis and auditing, secure development, cryptography and cryptoanalysis, and many more. The program is primarily aimed to fill the gap in the critical field of cybersecurity and information security at local and global level. It contributes directly to The Kingdom of Bahrain Economic Development Board by promoting Bahrain�s growing Cybersecurity�s hub potential. Offered and managed by the Department of Information Systems, the program is designed to encompass the essential core IT and security courses along with a curated list of relevant courses from across the programs of the College of Information Technology, mainly Information Systems, Computer Science, and Network Engineering programs. This creates a multi-lens and interdisciplinary critical approach to studying Cybersecurity. Additionally, the program offers courses and topics identified and recommended by the local and regional employers, as well as preparing its students to complement their knowledge with professional certificates during or after their studies. The program follows the Cybersecurity curriculum guidelines set by the leading established bodies of ACM (Association of Computing Machinery), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), and Association for Information Systems (AIS). It is benchmarked with the recognized renowned programs and is prepared to meet the requirements of the local and global accreditation bodies ensuring that the Quality Assurance is practiced and maintained throughout the program like the other accredited programs offered by the college. The program includes 45 courses for a total of 132 credits. All specialized courses are taught in English with IT courses including practical and project-based components. The program is enriched with an internship course in the field of Cybersecurity and a senior (capstone) project in the final year.