WGU Master Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

[MNomadic]

Transfer page is updated:

https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/MSCSIA.aspx

Looks like I'll be able to transfer in 4 courses.

[Imbanewbie]

Transfer page is updated:

https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/MSCSIA.aspx

Looks like I'll be able to transfer in 4 courses.

now it is 10 courses to take. Before you just need to take 9 courses. Which courses you can transfer?

[bjcheung77]

It's awesome they allow 5 out of 10 courses to be transferred in...
Interesting, the hardest course to transfer in would be this:
D489 Cybersecurity Management 4
​Can be met with ISACA CISM Certification.

[gams007]

It's awesome they allow 5 out of 10 courses to be transferred in...
Interesting, the hardest course to transfer in would be this:
D489 Cybersecurity Management 4
Can be met with ISACA CISM Certification.

bjcheung77, how much will be the investment to get these certificates that can betransfered?  I want to  start a cyber security master degree program.

[rachel83az]

It's awesome they allow 5 out of 10 courses to be transferred in...
Interesting, the hardest course to transfer in would be this:
D489 Cybersecurity Management 4
Can be met with ISACA CISM Certification.

bjcheung77, how much will be the investment to get these certificates that can betransfered?  I want to  start a cyber security master degree program.

If you're not in the US, you can't do this degree. WGU doesn't allow students who aren't US residents. 

That said, it looks like this certificate is about $600/$800 and requires a significant amount of study time. Also, according to this link https://www.csoonline.com/article/358740...-cost.html it's not as simple as passing the exam and you get your certificate.

In order to be CISM certified, you need to fulfill two requirements:

• You need to pass the CISM exam, and
  
• You need to demonstrate a minimum required amount of work experience
  

To meet that second requirement, you need five years of experience in information security within the decade before you apply for the certification, with three years of management experience in three or more of the core areas we listed above, which ISACA refers to as job practice areas. There is some wiggle room here: Certain lower-level certs can stand in for years of experience, and time spent teaching infosec at the university level can substitute as well. But clearly, this is not a certification for newbies: you need to have been around the block a while, and have worked in management for some time as well.

[Imbanewbie]

It's awesome they allow 5 out of 10 courses to be transferred in...
Interesting, the hardest course to transfer in would be this:
D489 Cybersecurity Management 4
Can be met with ISACA CISM Certification.

bjcheung77, how much will be the investment to get these certificates that can betransfered?  I want to  start a cyber security master degree program.

You can take CC certify cybersecurity voucher isc2 for free and free training. You can waive D481 only.

https://www.isc2.org/1MCC

[bjcheung77]

Transfer page: https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/MSCSIA.aspx

Which one is easier? CompTia Network+ & Security+ or this ISC(2) CC  Certification?  If you get the ISC(2) CC cert/training for free, it's a good deal for this one course for transfer.  You can then ladder up to the CompTIA CySA+, PenTest+, CompTIA CASP+ for the other three courses.  The only one remaining would be for ISACA CISM Certification, the other 5 courses aren't transferable.

[MNomadic]

Transfer page: https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/MSCSIA.aspx

Which one is easier? CompTia Network+ & Security+ or this ISC(2) CC  Certification?  If you get the ISC(2) CC cert/training for free, it's a good deal for this one course for transfer. 

CC is definitely easier. 1 test based on application of the principles. I think the official material for it takes about 6 hours. Net+ and Sec+ each cover significantly more material per each test, let alone combined. Plus the CompTIA tests require a lot more memorization of ports, acronyms, standards/specifications. 

As mentioned, the CC and its training material are all free right now so there's no reason not to go for that one first.

The CompTIA Pentest+, CySA+, and CASP+ are all middle to advanced certs, especially CASP+ which has VMs where you have to solve security issues through a Linux terminal. These ones definitely require a lot of work if you don't yet have a solid foundation. 

With all that said I can't wait to start this new degree soon and good luck to all the others that are planning to as well!