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Virginia Tech offers new Master's program in cybersecurity

January 21, 2010 - 11:17am

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Jan. 21, 2010 -- This week's guests are Professor Saifur Rahman, director, and Robert Brown, business manager, for a new masters degree program in information assurance offered at the Ballston, Va. campus of Virginia Tech.

Starting in the fall, the course is aimed at federal managers who want to reach a high level of proficiency in not only cybersecurity, but also the wider topic of information assurance.

They join us to discuss the scope of the course and how it can benefit federal agencies.

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