Cybersecurity BS
Join one of the most vital industries in America today.
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Build your career in cybersecurity at RIC!
Our leading researchers and professionals are developing practical and policy approaches to the cybersecurity challenges facing businesses, nonprofits and government.
In-Demand Careers
- Information Security Analyst
- IT Auditor
- Digital Forensic Examiner
- Security Systems Administrator
- Cryptography Engineer
- Security Architect
Why Cybersecurity? | Why Our Program?
- There are more than 700,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs nationwide, many of which pay more than $100K a year.
- Our students gain hands-on experience at the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at RIC, a regional center of excellence working to develop Rhode Island’s cybersecurity industry.
- The Bachelor of Science in cybersecurity curriculum will train you to become a defender of public and private data, networks and computer systems.
- Topics covered include: hardware and software fundamentals, cryptography techniques, secure scripting and programming, network and system security, organizational cyber needs, digital forensics, and law and ethics.
- Our minor in cybersecurity provides an opportunity for students from other majors to learn how to apply cybersecurity in their chosen field.
RIC is home to the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies, led by former Congressman and alumnus James Langevin, a national expert in the field.
Our Computer Science and Information Systems Faculty
![Lisa Bain](/sites/default/files/styles/width_260/public/2023-09/lisa-bain-360x460.jpg?itok=UJCM6VGo)
Dr. Lisa Z. Bain
- Professor
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Dr. Timothy Henry
- Associate Professor
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Hyein Jeong
- Assistant Professor
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Scott Lambert
- Associate Professor
![Qian Lui](/sites/default/files/styles/width_260/public/2022-02/qian-lui-profile.jpg?itok=i4MrbW1G)
Dr. Qian Liu
- Associate Professor
![Suzanne Mello-Stark](/sites/default/files/styles/width_260/public/2022-11/221004_suzanne_mello-stark_005.jpg?itok=O3xfN4_e)
Dr. Suzanne I. Mello-Stark
- Associate Professor
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Joyce A. Perry
- Assistant Professor
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Ms. Darlene F. Wood
- Assistant Professor
Hear from a Graduate
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Nick Garvey
“I joined the cybersecurity and computer science clubs, I was a teaching assistant in the GenCyber camp and a computer science tutor at RIC’s Tutoring Center. There are so many ways to get involved.”
- Computer Science Major, with Minors in Cybersecurity and Web Design
At the Forefront
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CISA Director Jen Easterly discusses the nation’s vital need for cybersecurity with former U.S. Rep. Langevin at his institute’s launch.
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- phone401-456-8009
- placeAlger Hall
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Dr. Suzanne I. Mello-Stark
Associate Professor
- emailsmellostark@lesvoorbereiding.com
- phone401-456-4720