The study of the cybersecurity specialization aims to graduate professionally trained technical cadres who can repel all electronic attacks against networks and information systems to maintain privacy at a high level while protecting electronic information and rationing from thefts and electronic crimes that have witnessed a significant increase in recent times at the level of individuals and institutions and states.
Program Mission
To offer competitive higher education in Cyber Security within a supportive academic environment to prepare qualified Cyber Security specialists with vital employability skills, make research contributions, promote community engagement, and participate in realizing the Kingdom's Vision 2030.
Program Objectives
Improve the quality of teaching and learning experiences, the quality of learning resources, and the quality of basic facilities, equipment, and supporting infrastructure.
Provide support to students through the improvement of academic, social, psychological, and professional advising, counseling, and supportive services.
Enhancement of the performance of faculty members both professionally and academically.
Improvement of the program’s administrative efficiency and processes and procedures.
Preparation of competent and qualified graduates with vital employability skills demanded in the labor market.
Enable graduates to demonstrate core knowledge in cybersecurity using essential technologies, and basic research skills.
Enhance students’ critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and teamwork skills.
Improve students’ awareness of ethical values, principles of professional conduct, independence, and autonomy.
Contribute to the field of cybersecurity through the production of quality research in alignment with OC and the program’s research priorities.
Contribute to the local community through services, programs, and consultations.
Program Learning Outcomes
Identify fundamental cybersecurity concepts, principles and theories in relation to the underlying computer - physical and mathematical sciences.
Explain analytical and research methodologies used in cybersecurity systems.
Recognize ethical values, cyber laws, safety provisions and precautions, principles of professional conduct in the field of cybersecurity.
Reiterate common security issues in networks and computer systems of IT infrastructures.
Define security controls sufficient to provide a required level of confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA) in a given IT infrastructure.
Diagnose cybersecurity events and incidents related to computer systems and digital evidence, using appropriate research methods.
Design creative solutions to common cybersecurity issues and threats in order to reduce or mitigate risks, and according to a set of security requirements.
Critically analyze the behavior of cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities using mathematical, quantitative and computational tools.
Critically evaluate security levels of IT systems and infrastructures.
Effectively communicate inquiries, research results and solutions to complex issues in cybersecurity with a range of audiences, using appropriate numerical data, graphical representations and media technologies.
Effectively participate in cybersecurity teams and think-tank groups in solving cybersecurity problems and in decision making processes, in order to advance the discipline and society.
Demonstrate ethical values, safety provisions and precautions, principles of professional conduct in cybersecurity workplace.
Act responsibly, independently and autonomously in both work and learning situations of cybersecurity.
