Anonymous wrote:I would not major in CyberSecurity. The better approach is a BS in Computer Engineering or CS. For the upper-level electives pick rigorous courses that relate to computing internals, such as assembly programming, embedded systems, advanced operating systems (ideally with some kernel internals), advanced networking, and compilers.

Take rigorous cybersecurity courses in combination with those deeply technical courses on computing internals.

Everyone here on DCUM will disagree, but I hire in this space and I think GMU and UMBC are good affordable options if students select the rigorous upper-level electives.

This is what we tell our child.

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Anonymous wrote:I work for a cybersecurity company and many of the entry level positions we are hiring for are consulting based. Knowing how to communicate with the customer is important. Not surprisingly, people with liberal arts backgrounds are often hired. The technical stuff can be taught.

If you mean filling out forms and talking to people yes, that seems to be what companies consider cybersecurity but that is becoming automated. liberal arts majors shouldn't be near anything with a computer

lol Harvard CS degrees are A.B. Degrees. Most other schools offer a BS or BSE. I’d take a liberal arts CS major who knows how to think critically any day!

um liberal arts means nothing to do w/ computers, what you are mentioning is acceptable we are talking about women studies, socialistology, etc

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Anonymous wrote:I work for a cybersecurity company and many of the entry level positions we are hiring for are consulting based. Knowing how to communicate with the customer is important. Not surprisingly, people with liberal arts backgrounds are often hired. The technical stuff can be taught.

If you mean filling out forms and talking to people yes, that seems to be what companies consider cybersecurity but that is becoming automated. liberal arts majors shouldn't be near anything with a computer

lol Harvard CS degrees are A.B. Degrees. Most other schools offer a BS or BSE. I’d take a liberal arts CS major who knows how to think critically any day!

Great job prospects if the student does very well in college. It is competetive and no one cares for low performing students. Just being in CS is not enough.

Having said that...most of US students are ill-educated from k-12 and don't do that great when in college either. That is the main problem.

Anonymous wrote:Those jobs will all be offshored to India or given to H1B’s.

AI will take over. No company will offshore their cybersecurity to another country. LOL.

These jobs will be replaced by AI in less than 5 years.

There are different kinds of jobs within CyberSecurity. They have different pay. They require different depths of knowledge. Some jobs are more technician skill level and have lower pay and a glass ceiling; liberal arts majors can and do learn how to do that work.

The jobs that pay better and have long-term stability (and are harder for me to fill) all require deep technical knowledge in one or more areas of computing and networking. A liberal arts person can't do the work for lack of knowledge depth. Even people with a BA in CS are really not well qualified for these jobs, unlike those with a BS in CS who took the rigorous upper-level CS/ECE electives. Such jobs will not be replaced by LLMs or other AI.

Anonymous wrote:I work for a cybersecurity company and many of the entry level positions we are hiring for are consulting based. Knowing how to communicate with the customer is important. Not surprisingly, people with liberal arts backgrounds are often hired. The technical stuff can be taught.

If you mean filling out forms and talking to people yes, that seems to be what companies consider cybersecurity but that is becoming automated. liberal arts majors shouldn't be near anything with a computer

Anonymous wrote:Those jobs will all be offshored to India or given to H1B’s.

mostly H1Bs since these types of jobs are not usually offshored or remote.

but H1Bs will definitely be used since they are cheaper.

https://h1bvisahub.com/job/cyber-security-engineer/

people should call your congressman and ask them to repeal h1b now.

https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-introduces-bill-to-end-h-1b-visa-loophole-for-universities