B.S. Degree in Security And Risk Analysis (SRA)
Identity theft, natural disasters, and terrorism are the headline threats of our time. Now more than ever, problem solvers with broad skills and relevant experience are needed to meet these challenges head on.
SRA can help put you on the front line in confronting threats to our security, responding to emergencies, protecting vital information, and helping to create laws and policies that ensure personal privacy.
SRA can help put you on the front line in confronting threats to our security, responding to emergencies, protecting vital information, and helping to create laws and policies that ensure personal privacy.
SRA Program
Today’s security challenges have no simple answers, so Penn State drew expertise from many fields to build this major. Our program spans the fields of business, foreign cultures, information sciences and technology, languages, psychology, science, and statistics to cover every aspect you may need to succeed.
SRA Curriculum
- Accounting
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Foreign Languages and Cultures
- Geography
- Information Sciences and Technology
- Microbiology
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Statistics
What You Can Be
These are just a few of the many positions which you could qualify for with a degree in Security and Risk Analysis:
- Counter-Terrorism Analyst
- Cyber Intelligence Analyst
- Intelligence Consultant
- Intelligence Operations Specialist
- International Crime Officer
- Security Specialist
Employment Outlook:
Security and privacy services represent the fastest growing segment of IBM's Global Technology Services business. These services include disciplines in information security, asset and risk management with an increasing focus on compliance. In both the public and private sector, there exists heightened interest to protect systems and information assets.
Clients are looking for skilled professionals to design and implement comprehensive information security policy that covers a wide range of business security priorities. Since projects of this type focus in some of the most sensitive areas of IT and business systems management, career opportunities are expected to flourish with fast career progression in both professional and management career dimensions.
-Dave Cassano
IBM Managing Director, Altria Group, Inc.
Clients are looking for skilled professionals to design and implement comprehensive information security policy that covers a wide range of business security priorities. Since projects of this type focus in some of the most sensitive areas of IT and business systems management, career opportunities are expected to flourish with fast career progression in both professional and management career dimensions.
-Dave Cassano
IBM Managing Director, Altria Group, Inc.
SRA Courses: Learning for New Challenges
Customizing Your Degree to Meet Your Needs
Once you have satisfied the basic requirements of your major, you will be able to specialize in one of the following SRA options:
- Intelligence Analysis and Modeling: Develop your knowledge of the strategic and tactical levels of intelligence collection, analysis, and decision-making.
- Information and Cyber-Security: Build an understanding of network security, cyber-threat defense, information warfare, and critical infrastructure protection across multiple venues.
- Social Factors and Risk: Examine the legal, regulatory, ethical, and other social theories associated with security and risk assurance.
Find Out More
If you have questions or would like to schedule a personal visit to tour our college, please call 866-225-8707 (toll-free) or e-mail FutureStudents
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