Our graduates apply the knowledge and skills learned while earning their master's degrees; as a result, many have obtained promotions and moved into high-level security positions. These positions include the following:  

• Director of National Cyber Security Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 

• Director of Information Security Technology, U.S. Senate 

• Chief Information Officer, U.S. House of Representatives  Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Homeland Security 

• Systems Engineer Staff, Lockheed Martin

• Information Security Specialist, Rockwell Automation 

• Security Engineer, Red River Networks 

• Vice President and CIO, Zel Technologies 

• Chief, DOD Computer Emergency Response Team  Director of Security Technologies, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems  

• Instructor for Computer Science, US Air Force Academy 

• IT Senior Manager, Capital One 

• Manager of IT Operations/Connectivity, CommScope 

• Associates, Booz Allen Hamilton 

• Director, Information Security, CGI Group,Inc 

• President and CEO, TWM Associates, Inc. 

• COO, Prevailance Inc. 

• CEO, Prevailance Inc. 

• Senior Manager, Symantec Corporation 

• Information Systems Security Engineer, Raytheon Network Centric Systems

• Manager, Cyber Security, Nuclear Energy Institute 

• Manager, Information Security Compliance, The University of Kansas   

• Director for Communication Infrastructure Protection, The White House

• Deputy Director, Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International

• Vice President, National Security Policy, Verizon Communications

• CEO, NACON Consulting LLC

• Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

Three JMU graduates have established a new organization called the Cyber Conflict Studies Association. Members include employees and staff from the White House, DHS, DoD, NSA, CIA, DIA, and academia and private industry.