SUNY Poly cybersecurity program places 4th in nationwide ranking
MARCY — Study.com’s 2021 list of the “Top Bachelor’s Programs in Cyber Security” ranks SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s program fourth nationwide.
Dakota State University of Madison, South Dakota tops the list; New England Institute of Technology in East Greenwich, Rhode Island is ranked second; and Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology in Okmulgee, Oklahoma is ranked third, per study.com.
In its program, SUNY Poly says it prepares students to become cybersecurity professionals for work in the “high demand” industry and government sectors. The school’s researchers also work with the Air Force Research Laboratory-Information Directorate (AFRL/RI), also known as Rome Lab. For example, professor Hisham Kholidy is currently working with the AFRL/RI as a 2021 visiting faculty researcher, developing a testbed for research in protecting 5G systems from cyberattacks.
SUNY Poly’s network and computer security (NCS) program began in 2010, in response to the need for cybersecurity education and training. It replaced the telecommunication program that served industry for more than 20 years. Since then, the NCS cybersecurity program works to produce graduates for jobs in the statewide and regional cybersecurity workforce.
The program is based in computer science, and the NCS department shares faculty, courses, and computing infrastructure with SUNY Poly’s computer science department. The programmatic focus on computer science and networking helps prepare graduates for the largest segment of the cybersecurity job market, which is in technical positions such as cybersecurity analyst, penetration-testing professional, incident-response specialist, and network engineer, the school said.
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