Week 11 Post

Week 11 update:

Wow, finally we are in the final two weeks. It's been an incredible journey, and I am close to graduation. Overall journey with the master's degree was harder than I had initially expected. I am not a big fan of writing long papers, but I think I have improved my writing skills. Still, I have to work on my grammatical mistakes. It's amazing that how professor's feedback helps to improve student style of writing. I have some professor that would not provide any feedback on any assignments. I think all professor should more actively engage with the students and challenge students. In my CYBR 515 class, I had some assignment where I felt like I was challenged and I have to talk to the professor. Also, Cybersecurity program should be more technical rather than just write. It prepared student general security stuff, how to write governance, cyber trends, etc. other than an ethical hacking class, we didn’t have any high technical class. I am close to finishing the degree and surprise to know that we didn’t learn any tools that are being used from the bad/good guys. There got to be the tools which are being utilized by the black hat or white hat hackers. Other than the installation of Linux in a virtual environment, NMAP, etc. tools. I think we didn’t go deep to learn about the cyber tools and methods being utilized from both sides. The university should consider adding a class which is very technical based on programming, scripting, modern tools where student required to involve research and group project. I know traditional universities don't prepare students for a mid-level career, but it should prepare students to take entry-level technical jobs.