Cybersecurity Policy and Risk Management

This program is offered online.

The M.S. in Cybersecurity Policy and Risk Management (CPRM) program cultivates strategic thinking, policy development, and risk-management skills for students interested in careers in business or government. The program features full-time faculty and industry experts who help blend strategy and policy with preparedness, incident response, recovery, and resilience – the heart of our security studies discipline.

Students may come from business, public administration, healthcare, finance, homeland defense and security, retail, law, insurance, and a myriad of technical and engineering disciplines. Prior experience or undergraduate degrees in technical fields are not required.

This is an online only program, taught over five 8-week e-terms per academic calendar year. In the Capstone-Track (non-thesis), students must take a minimum of 30 credits pursuant to the CPRM requirements. In the Thesis-Track, students take 33 - 36 credits to graduate, depending on the specific nature of the thesis project.

• Describe & explain the conceptual framework of cybersecurity and its role in risk management; and discuss the history and various approaches to cybersecurity Describe & explain the conceptual framework of cybersecurity and its role in risk management; and discuss the history and various approaches to cybersecurity.
• Analyze the conceptual framework of cybersecurity, and identify & integrate the standards and other resources for the professional development, implementation, and management of cybersecurity policies and methods.
• Reflect on the organizational structures, information, and skillsets required for ongoing evaluation & revision of cybersecurity in a variety of real-world organizations.
• Communicate professionally and effectively with upper management, regulators, partners, colleagues, clients, and other end-users regarding cybersecurity planning and incident management.
• Explain & justify the needs for cybersecurity policy development, implementation, and management (within or across businesses, agencies, other organizations, industries, sectors, and nations).
• Strategize & customize cybersecurity risk management policies and processes for private or public organizations, with balanced consideration of organizational goals, regulatory mandates, industry best practices, and professional ethics.

• Transcript evaluation by a third party is not required as long as an application is in English. Translation services and evaluation services may be requested at the discretion of the academic department.
• Transcripts from all previous post-secondary institutions must be submitted and applicants must disclose any previous academic or disciplinary sanctions that resulted in their temporary or permanent separation from a previous post-secondary institution. If it is found that previous academic or disciplinary separations were not disclosed, applicants may face denial and admitted students may face dismissal from their academic program.
• International applicants may submit copies of official transcripts by emailing [email protected]. We will upload those transcripts to your application checklist. 
• Official transcripts will be required if admitted. These can be hand-delivered in a sealed envelope upon arrival, emailed to [email protected], or mailed hardcopy to UNH Graduate School, Thompson Hall, 105 Main Street, Durham, NH 03824.