Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Cybersecurity Management Online
Gain the skillset needed to enter the cybersecurity industry—or advance your existing career—by adding high-need detection and prevention expertise to your professional strengths.
Program Overview
A quick look at our 100% online cybersecurity management degree program
Contribute to keeping your organization’s network and software safe while making an impact as a leader when you earn the 100% online Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Cybersecurity Management. This AACSB-accredited MBA degree emphasizes cybersecurity assessment, governance, and risk management, preparing you to take a top-level role in assuring operational and data security.
With coursework that spans from core MBA foundations—including marketing strategy, economics, and data analysis—to cybersecurity policy development and implementation, identifying software vulnerabilities, and the ethics of incident response, you will graduate with the background to become an informed and respected decision-maker. Exercise your aptitude within a real-world professional project in this program’s senior capstone.
As a graduate of this cybersecurity management master’s program, you will be prepared to:
- Develop cybersecurity spending priorities for an organization
- Plan and implement a cyber risk management program for an organization
- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations, strengths, and limitations of private- and public-key encryption, including public-key infrastructures
- Prove an awareness of selected security holes in commonly used software
- Establish a working knowledge of networking terms and concepts pertaining to network and information security, including types of threats, concerns related to hacker and security tools, and models of system security
- Enumerate an organization’s information assets and classify the risks associated with the unauthorized use of each resource
- Compare and contrast common threats to enterprise information security, including the attack vectors they exploit; the resources they threaten; and the nature, likelihood, and relative severity of each threat
- Apply the key features of major contemporary security standards, including formal standards like the NIST Cybersecurity framework, the ISO 27000 series standards, PCI DSS, and COBIT
- Identify and assess the relative severity of likely threats to a given organization’s information asset using both formal security standards and industry conventions such as the SANS Top 20 Threats and the FAIR (Factor Analysis of Information Risk) Framework
- Develop policies for managing key risks to information assets, including ones for preventing attacks, reducing the potential damage from information compromises, identifying and responding to attacks in progress, and recovering from attacks
- Develop cybersecurity spending priorities for an organization
- Plan and implement a cyber risk management program for an organization
- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations, strengths, and limitations of private- and public-key encryption, including public-key infrastructures
- Prove an awareness of selected security holes in commonly used software
- Establish a working knowledge of networking terms and concepts pertaining to network and information security, including types of threats, concerns related to hacker and security tools, and models of system security
- Enumerate an organization’s information assets and classify the risks associated with the unauthorized use of each resource
- Compare and contrast common threats to enterprise information security, including the attack vectors they exploit; the resources they threaten; and the nature, likelihood, and relative severity of each threat
- Apply the key features of major contemporary security standards, including formal standards like the NIST Cybersecurity framework, the ISO 27000 series standards, PCI DSS, and COBIT
- Identify and assess the relative severity of likely threats to a given organization’s information asset using both formal security standards and industry conventions such as the SANS Top 20 Threats and the FAIR (Factor Analysis of Information Risk) Framework
- Develop policies for managing key risks to information assets, including ones for preventing attacks, reducing the potential damage from information compromises, identifying and responding to attacks in progress, and recovering from attacks
Cybersecurity management career opportunities:
- General Management of Information Technology
- Senior Cybersecurity Policy Advisor
- Cybersecurity Analyst
- Director of Cybersecurity
- General Management of Information Technology
- Senior Cybersecurity Policy Advisor
- Cybersecurity Analyst
- Director of Cybersecurity
Also available:
Choose from a variety of MBA programs aligned with top-growth fields. View ETSU’s online business programs.
Accreditation
The College of Business and Technology at East Tennessee State University is accredited by AACSB International (AACSB). Fewer than 6% of the world’s schools offering business degree programs hold AACSB business accreditation.
Tuition
Earn your degree affordably with our low-cost tuition
ETSU proudly offers one of the most flexible and affordable cybersecurity management degrees in Tennessee. Our budget-friendly tuition is paid by the course, with no large upfront expenses.
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Program* |
|---|---|---|
| In-State | $731 | $24,123 |
| eRate** | $890.50 | $32,058 |
*Courses in CSCI have additional fees associated. Tuition and fees subject to change by the ETSU Board of Trustees without notice. For more information regarding tuition and fees click here.
**eRate subject to verification. Visit: https://www.etsu.edu/its/policies/erate.php for more information.
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Calendar
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Start your journey toward career advancement as early as you like. We offer multiple start dates, so choose the one that best fits your schedule.
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall B | 10/20/25 | 10/1/25 | 10/8/25 | 10/17/25 | 10/18/25 | 12/4/25 | 7 weeks |
| Spring A | 1/20/26 | 12/1/25 | 12/8/25 | 1/17/26 | 1/18/26 | 3/6/26 | 7 weeks |
| Spring B | 3/9/26 | 2/1/26 | 2/8/26 | 3/6/26 | 3/7/26 | 4/30/26 | 7 weeks |
| Summer A | 5/18/26 | 4/1/26 | 4/8/26 | 5/15/26 | 5/16/26 | 7/2/26 | 7 weeks |
| Summer B | 7/6/26 | 6/1/26 | 6/8/26 | 7/3/26 | 7/4/26 | 8/21/26 | 7 weeks |
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Admissions
Get started on your application today – here’s how
We’ve streamlined the admission process for the online cybersecurity management MBA program. Follow these steps to apply.
Following are the admission requirements for the ETSU MBA – Cybersecurity Management online:
- Complete the online application
- Domestic – U.S. Citizens and U.S. Permanent Residents
- Global – Non-U.S. citizens/Permanent Residents completing the program outside the U.S.
- Pay a $55 (domestic)/$65 (global) nonrefundable application processing fee
- Bachelor’s
degree from a regionally accredited institution (or equivalent) with a 2.5 (domestic)/3.0 U.S. equivalent (global) minimum
cumulative GPA or higher
- Submit
transcripts from any institution(s)
where a bachelors degree was/will be awarded and any institutions where
graduate level work attempted (even if no degree awarded or in a different
field)
- Domestic school - Unofficial transcripts are preferred for the initial application and should be uploaded during the submission process. If you are admitted using unofficial transcript(s), you will need to provide an official transcript (including proof of degree) for any unofficial transcript(s) provided during the application process by the end of your first semester.
- International school – Must have official evaluation which includes a copy of the evaluated transcript sent from a NACES member evaluation company, such as WES Course-by-Course iCAP, ECE Course by Course, or The Evaluation Company Course Analysis sent directly from the company to ETSU Graduate School
- Submit
transcripts from any institution(s)
where a bachelors degree was/will be awarded and any institutions where
graduate level work attempted (even if no degree awarded or in a different
field)
- GMAT scores of 450 or higher sent directly to ETSU from GMAT testing service
- A
GMAT waiver is available for both domestic and international students who
meet one of the following conditions:
- Completion of another graduate degree
- Bachelor's degree from an AACSB-accredited business program with a 3.0 GPA or higher
- Bachelor’s degree from a non-AACSB-accredited business program with a 3.5 GPA or higher
- At least three years of post-undergraduate professional, full-time work experience. Candidates requesting a GMAT waiver for possessing at least three years of post-undergraduate professional, full-time work experience need to submit a CV or resume with their application
- A
GMAT waiver is available for both domestic and international students who
meet one of the following conditions:
- English
Proficiency (if education outside the U.S.)
- Exempt if earned degree from U.S. institution by program start
- Exams
- TOEFL score of 550 (PBT), 79 (iBT) – Only official score reports accepted
- IELTS
score of 6.5. Please arrange to have your official IELTS scores sent
directly to ETSU Undergraduate Admissions or email your TRF number to [email protected]
after submitting your application.
- PTE score of 53 – Only official score reports accepted
- Educated
in English for minimum of four years at upper high school level or higher
from a designated country listed here
- Will not be waived on application until acceptable official transcript evaluation received
- Employed
in the United States for three years in an establishment(s) where all
activities are conducted in English.
- Must provide a letter from the Human Resources department, or an authorized official, from each establishment certifying all activities are conducted in English and specifying dates of employment.
Official transcripts should be sent from the granting institutions to our Graduate School.
Email address: [email protected]
Mailing address:
East Tennessee State University
Graduate School
P.O. Box 70720
Johnson City, TN 37614-1710
*2.5 minimum GPA for domestic students and 3.0 minimum GPA for international students
Admission Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- GMAT waiver available
- 2.5 GPA or higher*
Courses
Explore the courses in your online cybersecurity management master’s program
For the MBA – Cybersecurity Management online program, you must complete 11 courses totaling 33 credit hours, including 21 credit hours of core courses, nine credit hours of concentration courses, and a three-credit hour Strategic Experience capstone course.
This course fulfills the Culminating Experience requirement in the MBA program.
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