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Business Cybersecurity Jobs Available to Graduates

Learn more about the extensive career opportunities and increased earning potential for graduates of our online MS in business cybersecurity.

Filling the Gap and Defending the Future

What does the cybersecurity workforce gap of 3.4 million professionals mean for you as an online MSBC graduate? It means you’ll be in high demand. Between September 2022 and August 2023, companies created 28,084 job postings1 for “information security analysts” alone. They made 134,9421 postings for IT management roles and an additional 45,4171 postings for management analyst titles. The median salary for workers with an MS is $100,200 or higher.1 Increase your earning potential with a master’s degree that helps you defend our information from the rising threat of cybercrime.

What Skills Will You Have When You Graduate?


Upon graduation, online MSBC students will demonstrate an understanding of core business cybersecurity tenets, including how to:

  • Evaluate the impact of cybersecurity on the business environment, as well as the implications of regulations and external factors associated with organizational cybersecurity
  • Navigate the policies, operations, and management of organizational cybersecurity business processes
  • Leverage key technologies for the design, implementation, and protection of organizational assets with a keen awareness of how they will impact business processes and strategy
  • Apply cybersecurity skills and functional knowledge to real-world business scenarios

What Jobs Are Available?


Online MSBC graduates will be prepared to plan and communicate a synthesized business and cybersecurity strategy. Given that business cybersecurity is an emerging field, the following list of potential career paths is by no means comprehensive or limiting: 

Business cybersecurity occupations

  • Business cybersecurity analysis
  • Cybersecurity consulting
  • Business cybersecurity risk mitigation
  • Cybersecurity auditing

Cybersecurity occupations

  • Computer and information systems manager
  • Information security analyst
  • Computer network support specialist
  • Database administrator
  • Network and computer systems administrator

IT management occupations

  • Computer systems analyst
  • IT manager
  • Project management specialist

Business occupations

  • Management analyst

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1 Lightcast, 2023