Ongoing, high-profile hack attacks have highlighted the critical need for cybersecurity experts and the vulnerability of our personal and business data. As the Internet of Things expands and more of our possessions and systems are connected to the Internet—everything from smart appliances and cars to wearable technology and medical devices—the more we must all be prepared for cyber risks in our everyday life.

At New York Tech, we've been advancing the field of cybersecurity for almost two decades, fostering technological innovation and promoting partnerships among industry leaders, academia, and government. Our well-established undergraduate and graduate cybersecurity-focused degree offerings and our research efforts are poised for growth, thanks to a number of initiatives and anticipated developments with new partners, grants, and research-related opportunities.

Explore Our Degrees

Our cybersecurity course offerings include:

• Computer Science, B.S.: New York Tech's most popular degree! Includes concentrations in Big Data Analytics, offered in partnership with IBM; and in Network Security.
• Information Technology, B.S.: Includes a concentration in Network Security.
• Cybersecurity (Information, Network, and Computer Security) M.S.: Available at our New York and Vancouver campuses. New York Tech is the only American university in Western Canada offering a cybersecurity degree.

Our undergraduate and graduate programs are taught by faculty experts who have been awarded research grants in biometrics, swarm intelligence, privacy, cryptography, information assurance, mobile, and cybersecurity. They bring their cutting-edge work into the classroom to engage students in real-world research.

Research Facilities

In November 2017, New York Tech opened a new cybersecurity lab. Funded by a $400,000 grant from Governor Cuomo's Empires State Development program, the lab serves as a catalyst for advancements in innovation, engineering, and technology tosafeguard everything from information to infrastructure. Located on the Long Island campus, it will also promote New York Tech and Long Island as part of the "tech corridor" extending from Brooklyn to Brookhaven that supports the vibrant regional engineering and technology economy.

The Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC) is an 8,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility on New York Tech's Long Island campus that fosters discovery. As an idea and business incubator, it cultivates exciting new opportunities and products with research imperatives in IT and cybersecurity; bioengineering and medical devices; and energy and green technologies.

A Recognized Authority

New York Tech is a Certified Information Assurance Courseware Institution designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Security Service for their shared goal to create new technologies to secure critical national information and data pools. New York Tech is also Long Island's only NSA-DHS National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD), a prestigious designation that is integral in helping New York Tech faculty compete for research grants and promoting New York Tech students to secure government and private sector scholarships (and jobs) in cyber defense.

Corporate Connections

New York Tech works with industry leaders to create internships and other training opportunities for students and professionals in many fields, but especially in the cybersecurity arena.

• Cisco Academies, established with corporate partner Cisco Systems, Inc., offer hands-on, experiential training and professional certification for students and industry professionals pursuing cybersecurity-related studies.
• A $100,000 grant from Northrup Grumman supports student education and research activities in cybersecurity, including competitions and hacking exercises.
• New York Tech also recently announced a new partnership with Cybersecurity Ventures, the world's leading research and publisher covering the global cyber economy, to bolster New York City as a major cybersecurity hub.
• Company executives at IBM, Motorola, Fortinet, Northrop Grumman, and others are members of the Dean's Executive Advisory Board who advise New York Tech on curriculum, share knowledge, provide expert speakers at New York Tech's world-class cybersecurity conferences, and increasingly, hire New York Tech graduates in the U.S. and beyond.