Critical Infrastructure Protection

A program focusing on the design, planning and management of systems and procedures for protecting critical national physical and cyber infrastructure from external threats, including terrorism. Includes instruction in homeland security policy, critical infrastructure policy, information security, matrix vulnerability assessment, threat assessment, physical security, personnel security, operational security, contingency planning, case analyses of specific industries and systems, redundancy planning, emergency and disaster planning, security systems, and intelligence operations.

Of the 274 Critical Infrastructure Protection degrees granted each year at the Bachelors degree level, 79% percent of whom are men and the other 21% percent are women. Did you know that Virginia has more students being awarded a degree in Critical Infrastructure Protection than any other state? In fact, Virginia awarded 122 degrees last year! The average annual income for an undergraduate degree in Critical Infrastructure Protection is $41,340.