Executive Doctor of Business Administration (EDBA) - Cybersecurity Management

PROGRAM UPDATE: This program is not currently accepting applications. 

The Executive Doctor of Business Administration in Cybersecurity Management (EDBA-Cyber) is a unique terminal degree designed to develop scholar-practitioners who will be skilled in practice-focused research in cybersecurity. This interdisciplinary program aims to develop ethical security leaders who can improve security practice globally through applied, evidence-based analysis and rigorous evaluation of complex issues in play. This degree will enable students to successfully employ skills learned to tackle the security problems in organizations. The program's instruction follows a blended learning approach involving a combination of traditional face-to-face lectures through limited residency cohorts, online learning, discussions, and seminars. 

Graduates from this program will benefit from increased knowledge in cybersecurity and potential opportunities for career differentiation and advancement into leadership positions.

Note, the EDBA-Cyber program is not designed to train students to pursue an academic career as tenure-track faculty. 

The EDBA-Cyber program is designed to equip students with the ability to: develop skills for cybersecurity scholarship and research competency, analyze and communicate issues impacting cybersecurity, demonstrate knowledge of information security research, and apply current research to address complex problems of cybersecurity practice.

The EDBA-Cyber program is designed for working professionals who have a minimum of three to five years of managerial or consultative experience in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, IT, or a related field. The EDBA-Cyber is a 3.5 year program designed for working professionals. 

The program is delivered in an executive format. The program's instruction will follow a blended learning approach involving a combination of in-person lectures through limited residency cohorts, online learning, discussions, and seminars. The program focuses not only on providing cybersecurity foundations critical for practice but also emphasizes scientific research skills and applied, evidence-based analysis and rigorous evaluation of complex issues. 

The in-person residency weekends will meet on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, three (3) times per semester. The program offers a travel allowance for eligible students (students traveling more than 120 miles) to the residency weekends. 

Prerequisite Courses: students not having statistics, may be required to take QUAN 5500 Fundamentals of Business Statistics through the Graduate School of Business Administration. 

Transfer Credit Work: Up to 15 credits of graduate work completed at UCCS or another accredited school may be accepted in transfer in the coursework parallels courses offered in the EDBA-Cyber. All courses must meet the UCCS transfer credit policy as described by the University Graduate School.

Students may complete the cybersecurity foundation courses (CYSM 6100, 6200, and 6300) in the Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity Management. 

For additional details regarding the program coursework, please visit the Academic Catalog.

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