Cybersecurity

[blackenergy]

Hello, can anyone give me any thoughts of the Cybersecurity program. Is the program difficult because I'm not that savvy with computers. I'm also a first time student at TESU and I'm bringing in credits from prev. schools I attended over 20 years ago

[rachel83az]

Unfortunately, the TESU Cybersecurity degree isn't one that can be completed more than partially with alternate credits. That means we don't really have any information on the difficulty of the TESU classes.

I would strongly recommend changing either to a TESU BA Computer Science or, if you really want Cybersecurity, go with Purdue Global: https://www.purdueglobal.edu/degree-prog...rsecurity/ Purdue Global is a lot of writing, some projects (AFAIK), but it will almost certainly be cheaper than a TESU Cybersecurity degree as long as it takes you 1-1.5 years to finish.

[Flelm]

Hello, can anyone give me any thoughts of the Cybersecurity program. Is the program difficult because I'm not that savvy with computers. I'm also a first time student at TESU and I'm bringing in credits from prev. schools I attended over 20 years ago

Maybe this is too personal a question, but is there a specific reason you're interested in a cybersecurity degree while you aren't savvy with computers?

[dfrecore]

I'm going to start with: people who aren't very computer-savvy should probably be considering a career and degree in something that they ARE savvy with. Or spend some time doing inexpensive things to become more savvy.

If you want a Cybersecurity degree anyway, I'd start at an inexpensive Community College or do some MOOC's instead of paying through the nose for a TESU degree.

[sanantone]

Hello, can anyone give me any thoughts of the Cybersecurity program. Is the program difficult because I'm not that savvy with computers. I'm also a first time student at TESU and I'm bringing in credits from prev. schools I attended over 20 years ago

Maybe this is too personal a question, but is there a specific reason you're interested in a cybersecurity degree while you aren't savvy with computers?

Good question. There are some policy-oriented security jobs that are mostly non-technical, but people in these positions have a lot of experience and worked their way up to management. Otherwise, it's very difficult to get into cybersecurity without starting at the bottom in technical roles - help desk, system administration, etc.

[bjcheung77]

@blackenergy, I suggest 3 things for now, certs, degree, experience. You have 20 years of experience, what was that in? Computer Sales, Service? To get started in any field, you should look into requirements for which ever career, position or prospective job may require and work towards getting the minimum completed, and work on building on top of that.

You really need to provide more details as answers will vary greatly. Please fill us in on as much info as possible from the template and last post addendum on this post, the more info you provide, the better as we will see your scenario or situation better. Link: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...Area-works

[Pats20]

I'm going to start with: people who aren't very computer-savvy should probably be considering a career and degree in something that they ARE savvy with.  Or spend some time doing inexpensive things to become more savvy.

If you want a Cybersecurity degree anyway, I'd start at an inexpensive Community College or do some MOOC's instead of paying through the nose for a TESU degree.

I’m going to disagree with this. Many people go to school for things that they aren’t  “savvy with”  to begin with. That’s one of the reasons why you go to school, to get “savvy”. There are plenty of people with PHDs in computer science or any other field that knew very little if anything before college.

[jsd]

But CompSci/Cybersecurity programs don't and shouldn't teach one how to be "computer savvy." It'd be akin to saying you want a degree in mathematics but you've never learned arithmetic, and you're hoping to pick it up along the way at the college level.

[Pats20]

I wouldn’t think that college teaches savviness in any degree field and I certainly didn’t say that it did. A person becomes savvy by learning and doing. That’s what college does. It forces (if you want to succeed) to learn and do. Over time a person becomes savvy if they stay interested. If by savvy the op means navigating their way around a computer , then hopefully They will figure it out if they are motivated/ interested enough. I certainly wouldn’t make it more intimidating or discouraging by recommending that someone not explore cybersecurity because of it.

[allvia]

Hello, can anyone give me any thoughts of the Cybersecurity program. Is the program difficult because I'm not that savvy with computers. I'm also a first time student at TESU and I'm bringing in credits from prev. schools I attended over 20 years ago

Considering you're not already tech savvy you may want to consider looking at the TESU BSBA-CIS (if you discover you're even less tech inclined you could switch it to a BSBA-GM or other concentration); this would give you a good solid bachelor and a quality introduction to computer technologies. Once you have that good basic foundation you can expand into technology, including cybersecurity, beyond the bachelor through readily available and affordable certificate programs.   I recommend that you present your information as listed in this thread and we can better guide you - https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...Area-works