Thanks Mike. I had not seen the program at Norwich University. The SANS workstudy prices look like a pretty good deal. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Mike Perez [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 10:33 PM To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] Masters Program Question / Career Advice
For SANS, did you look at: https://www.sans.org/work-study A few people on a SANS forum recommended Capitol College while others recommended Norwich University's online courses http://infoassurance.norwich.edu/ Others said to stay with Colleges on this list: http://www.nsa.gov/ia/academic_outreach/nat_cae/institutions.shtml HTH, Mike On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Gibson, Samuel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello, I was hoping someone might have some advice on pursuing a masters degree in information security. I have seen some talks stating that some school's programs are not very good so I was hoping someone would be able to provide some advice on moving forward. After looking at the SAN curriculum, it seems very appealing, but the company I work for is not in a position to pay for those classes for me. I could try to pay for them myself, but even if I get the scholarship and add my company's tuition reimbursment, it would be a huge out of pocket expense to take on since they do not offer financial aid. I am still relatively new to infosec and am looking for ways to broaden my experience as well as add credentials to my resume. It seems like as good of a time as any to do a masters degree, but am more interested in the knowledge I would gain in the process than the degree itself. I found a program at Lewis University, which appears to be listed as a NSA Center of Academic Excellence. They have a technical curriculum in their MS Information Security that seems interesting based on class descriptions. http://lewisu.edu/academics/msinfosec/showacademicgradprog.htm?pdegreeid=244&pdegree=Information%20Security I also like that it is not a Computer Science/Math Degree with an emphasis on security. I would be interested in hearing if anyone has taken this degree, or knows someone who has, and can speak to it being worthwhile or something to avoid. Thanks, Sam _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com -- Mike Perez Executive Producer, PaulDotCom Security Weekly PaulDotCom Enterprises Web: http://pauldotcom.com _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
