INFOGRAPHIC: CHOOSING YOUR CYBERSECURITY TRACK

This info­graph­ic pro­vides a com­pre­hen­sive guide to help prospec­tive stu­dents nav­i­gate the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wisconsin’s Mas­ter of Sci­ence in Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty pro­gram. With four spe­cial­ized tracks—Dig­i­tal Foren­sicsCyber ResponseGov­er­nance & Lead­er­ship, and Secu­ri­ty Archi­tec­ture—the pro­gram is designed to align with diverse pro­fes­sion­al back­grounds and career aspi­ra­tions in the cyber­se­cu­ri­ty field.

Categories

Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Design
Art Direc­tion
Graph­ic Design
Info­graph­ics
Online Con­tent Creation

Skills

Adobe Illus­tra­tor

  1. Tracks of Study: Each track offers a unique focus, from Dig­i­tal Foren­sics (data col­lec­tion and preser­va­tion for legal review) to Cyber Response (detect­ing and mit­i­gat­ing secu­ri­ty threats), Gov­er­nance & Lead­er­ship (build­ing risk frame­works and poli­cies), and Secu­ri­ty Archi­tec­ture (design­ing secure systems).
  2. Skills Devel­op­ment: Stu­dents gain hands-on expe­ri­ence with essen­tial cyber­se­cu­ri­ty skills, includ­ing threat pre­ven­tion, cyber infra­struc­ture man­age­ment, risk assess­ment, and cryp­tog­ra­phy, tai­lored to each track’s focus.
  3. Best Fit by Back­ground: The info­graph­ic pro­vides guid­ance on select­ing a track based on pro­fes­sion­al expe­ri­ence, with sug­ges­tions for law enforce­ment pro­fes­sion­als, sys­tem admin­is­tra­tors, exec­u­tives, and sea­soned technologists.
  4. Career Oppor­tu­ni­ties: Each track pre­pares stu­dents for high-demand cyber­se­cu­ri­ty roles, such as Cyber Crime Inves­ti­ga­tor, Intel­li­gence Ana­lyst, and Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Archi­tect, posi­tion­ing grad­u­ates for suc­cess in var­i­ous industries.
  5. Get­ting Start­ed: The pro­gram is ful­ly online, mak­ing it acces­si­ble for pro­fes­sion­als seek­ing career advance­ment through flex­i­ble, spe­cial­ized cyber­se­cu­ri­ty training.

This visu­al break­down helps prospec­tive stu­dents make informed deci­sions about which track best aligns with their skills and career goals, show­cas­ing the program’s ver­sa­til­i­ty and focus on indus­try-rel­e­vant expertise.