Irbid National University has always been keen to keep pace with modern developments at the regional and global levels and to follow up on the needs of the labor market in various specializations. Hence, the launch into modern, new and more advanced specializations, including cybersecurity, to be among the first among universities in Jordan and the region, as is customary in teaching modern specializations to keep pace with the rapid changes in the field of computing and information technology, as the cybersecurity specialization was introduced at the beginning of the 2020 academic year.
Cybersecurity is a modern science that aims to protect data, information, systems and networks from cyber attacks and maintain their security and confidentiality, which is very important after the spread of cyber crimes and thefts. Therefore, the cybersecurity specialization was created to qualify and train human cadres to prevent and detect cyber attacks and recover from cyber incidents and attacks.