Security, PhD

The Department of Computer Science has offered the PhD in Security Degree Program since 2008 for students who are interested in conducting cybersecurity research. This nation-wide unique specialty offers the security curriculum for students to study and conduct multi-disciplinary research in areas of cyber security, physical security, cyber-physical, and homeland security, which have become critical and increasingly urgent in today’s personal, business, and government operations. This multi-disciplinary degree program integrates the existing curriculum and research initiatives, and meets the grand challenges of security with the quality expected from the University of Colorado.